Peel and the Conservative Party 1830-1850 (Seminar Studies)

✍ Scribed by Paul Adelman

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 144
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sir Robert Peel dominated political life for more than two decades and has been described as the 'founder of modern conservatism.' This book analyzes the career of Sir Robert Peel in relation to the development of the Conservative Party in the early 19th century. It discusses Peel's conception of Conservatism, and his work as Prime Minister.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Series
Foreword
Part One: The Emergence of the Conservative Party
1 Peel and Toryism
2 Peel in Opposition, 1830-41
Peel's Conservatism
Conservative recovery
3 Peel in Power, 1841-45
Peel as Prime Minister
Social distress and disorder
Finance and free trade
Social reform
Ireland
4 Conservative Opposition to Peel, 1841-45
Part Two: The Break-Up of the Conservative Party
5 The Corn Laws Crisis
6 Peel and the Peelites
Part Three: Assessment
Part Four: Documents
Bibliography
Index