The theme of Professor Evan's book is the growth of a recognizable
modern party system from the much looser and often family-based
attachments of the eighteenth century. He examines the significance
of the terms 'Whig' and 'Tory' in the later eighteenth century and
the growth of a party aligment between 1788 and 1812 - a period in
which war was a major factor in polarization. He discusses the
years of Tory hegemony under Liverpool and the decline of the
independent member, and then takes as his main themes the
transition from Whigs to Liberals and from Tories to Conservatives
in the period of 1830-46 which saw so much concern both with
political reform and with social questions. He also examines the
substantial growth of political organizations. Professor Evans goes
on to deal with the paradox that though the Tory party was
shattered by the corn law crisis, the subsequent period to 1867 saw
an increasing importance being attached to party allegiance. He
also discusses the waning power of the Crown, the growing
importance of general elections, and various areas of divergence
between parties. Although the emphasis of this book is necessarily
thematic, a firm sense of chronology is always maintained.
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