Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Contents xiii
5. PART I. Manchester Manufacturer 1832-1838
6. CHAPTER 1. Family and Finances 3
7. CHAPTER 2. Education, Travel, and Authorship 14
8. CHAPTER 3. The Political Setting 25
9. CHAPTER 4. Political Beginnings 33
10. CHAPTER 6. The Incorporation of Manchester 51
11. PART II. Agitator 1838-1846
12. CHAPTER 7. Founding the Anti—Corn Law League 63
13. CHAPTER 8. Building an Agitation 75
14. CHAPTER 9. The League and Electoral Politics 84
15. CHAPTER 10. The Crisis of 1842 102
16. CHAPTER 11. The Long Haul 119
17. CHAPTER 12. The Key to Victory? 143
18. CHAPTER 13. Victory 153
19. PART III. Schoolmaster 1846-1856
20. CHAPTER 14. Transitions 173
21. CHAPTER 15. The Manchester School and Post-Repeal Politics 192
22. CHAPTER 16. The Manchester School and Educational Reform 216
23. CHAPTER 17. The Pursuit of Peace 228
24. CHAPTER 18. Protecting the Peace 245
25. CHAPTER 19. War 269
26. PART IV. Diplomatist 1856-1865
27. CHAPTER 20. Postwar Casualties 293
28. CHAPTER 21. Negotiating a Treaty 325
29. CHAPTER 22. The Third French Invasion Panic 353
30. CHAPTER 23. Britain and the American Civil War 376
31. CHAPTER 24. The Elder Statesman of Radicalism 401
32. ABBREVIATIONS. SELECTED. BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX
33. ABBREVIATIONS 428
34. Selected Bibliography 429
35. Notes 435
36. Index 457