23. Corn Law Repeal, 1845–1846

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. A King, a Prince, and Civil and Religious Liberty 5
6. 2. The Regency Crisis 20
7. 3. The Catholic Question 34
8. 4. The Ways Begin to Part 51
9. 5. The Parting of the Ways 65
10. 6. Peterloo and Queen Caroline 81
11. 7. Efforts at Emancipation, 1819–1825 98
12. 8. Questionable Theories and Practical Politics in the 1820s 111
13. 9. Lansdowne and Canning 125
14. 10. The Constitutional Revolution Begins, 1828–1829 141
15. 11. Reform 157
16. 12. Resurgence 174
17. 13. Cooperation and Confrontation 187
18. 14. The Municipal Corporations Act 199
19. 15. Irish Questions 215
20. 16. Discontented Conservatives 228
21. 17. The Jamaican Constitution and the Education Controversy 240
22. 18. Wellington, Peel, and the Triumph of the Conservatives 252
23. 20. Religious Conflicts Begin, 1843 278
24. 21. The Dissenters Chapels Act, the Factory Act, and the Welsh Bishops Bill 292
25. 22. The Maynooth Grant, 1845 305
26. 23. Corn Law Repeal, 1845–1846 322
27. Conclusion 337
28. Notes 347
29. Index 371