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Voters, Patrons, and Parties - The Unreformed Electorate of Hanoverian England 1734-1832 (Hardcover)
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Voters, Patrons, and Parties - The Unreformed Electorate of Hanoverian England 1734-1832 (Hardcover)
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This is a wide-ranging study of electoral politics in England
between 1734 and 1832. It analyses the control of the electoral
system by the upper classes, the world of the voters, and the
function of an election in the unreformed period. The history of
the electoral system has been distorted by later emphasis on the
extent of corruption in the constituencies. Dr O'Gorman takes us
deep into the political underworld normally left undisturbed by
historians; that of the committee men, agents, and canvassers who
made the unreformed system work for as long as it did. Above all,
this book is about the voters - their motivations, prejudices,
beliefs and ideals, as well as their numbers and political
behaviour. Frank O'Gorman has combined computer analysis with
traditional historical methods to reconstruct the social and
ideological world of the voters, and argues that an understanding
of the electoral dimension is vital to a broader understanding of
the Hanoverian regime and its popular acceptance. The interaction
of the parliamentary parties at Westminster with the older
political culture of the constituencies is traced in the final part
of this book. The nature of Hanoverian politics and society have
been the subject of much recent debate, and this far-reaching
analysis of the electorate takes us to the very heart of that
social and political structure.
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