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100 _aCragoe, Matthew
100 _aReadman, Paul
245 1 4 _aThe land question in Britain :
_b1750-1950 /
_cedited by Matthew Cragoe and Paul Readman.
260 _aBasingstoke :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2010.
300 _a 281p. Hbk
500 _a<p>Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>
505 _aMachine generated contents note: List of Figures and Tables * Acknowledgements * List of Abbreviations * Notes Contributors * Introduction; M.Cragoe& P.Readman * The Common Field Landscape, Cultural Commemoration, and the Impact of Enclosure, c.1770-1850; I.Waites * Witnesses for the defence: the Yeomen of Old England and the Land Question, c.1815-1837; K.Beresford * Chartism and the Land: the mighty people's question; M.Chase * The Manchester School and the Landlords: the Failure of Land Reform in Early Victorian Britain; A.Howe * A contemptible mimic of the Irish: the Land Question in Victorian Wales; M.Cragoe * Setting the Heather on Fire: the Land Question in Scotland, 1850-1914; E.Cameron * Irish Land and British Politics; P.Bull * Richard Cobden, J. E. Thorold Rogers and Henry George; A.Taylor * London and the Land Question c.1880-1914; R.Quinault * The Edwardian Land Question; P.Readman * Unemployment, Taxation and Housing: the Urban Land Question in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain; I.Packer * Land Reform and the English land Market, 1880-1925; J.Beckett & M.Turner * Socialism and the Land Question: Public Ownership and Control in Labour Party Policy, 1918-1950s; C.Griffiths* Epilogue: the Strange Death of the English Land Question; F.M.L.Thompson List of Figures and Tables * Acknowledgements * List of Abbreviations * Notes Contributors * Introduction; M.Cragoe& P.Readman * The Common Field Landscape, Cultural Commemoration, and the Impact of Enclosure, c.1770-1850; I.Waites * Witnesses for the defence: the Yeomen of Old England and the Land Question, c.1815-1837; K.Beresford * Chartism and the Land: the mighty people's question; M.Chase * The Manchester School and the Landlords: the Failure of Land Reform in Early Victorian Britain; A.Howe * A contemptible mimic of the Irish: the Land Question in Victorian Wales; M.Cragoe * Setting the Heather on Fire: the Land Question in Scotland, 1850-1914; E.Cameron * Irish Land and British Politics; P.Bull * Richard Cobden, J. E. Thorold Rogers and Henry George; A.Taylor * London and the Land Question c.1880-1914; R.Quinault * The Edwardian Land Question; P.Readman * Unemployment, Taxation and Housing: the Urban Land Question in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain; I.Packer * Land Reform and the English land Market, 1880-1925; J.Beckett & M.Turner * Socialism and the Land Question: Public Ownership and Control in Labour Party Policy, 1918-1950s; C.Griffiths* Epilogue: the Strange Death of the English Land Question; F.M.L.Thompson.
520 _a"The Land Question occupied a central place in political and cultural debates in Britain for nearly two centuries. From parliamentary enclosure in the mid-eighteenth century to the fierce Labour party debate concerning the nationalisation of land after World War II, the fate of the land held the power to galvanize the attention of the nation"--Provided by publisher.
650 _aLand tenure - Great Britain - History - 20th century
650 _aGreat Britain - Politics and government - 1714-1820
650 _aLand tenure - Great Britain - History - 18th century
650 _aLand tenure - Great Britain - History - 19th century
650 _aLand reform - Great Britain - History - 20th century
650 _aGreat Britain - Politics and government - 20th century
650 _aLand reform - Great Britain - History - 18th century
650 _aGreat Britain - Politics and government - 1837-1901
650 _aLand reform - Great Britain - History - 19th century
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