Politics without Democracy: England 1815-1918 (Blackwell Classic Histories of England)

by Bentley (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  1999

  $131.56

  Offers a view of how Britain made a peaceful transition to representative democracy. This book attempts to take the reader into the minds of the politicians of the day. It presents an account of how Britain was transformed from a society governed by the landed gentry to one responsive to the pressures of the newly-industrialized masses.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.30

  Politics Without Democracy provides an entertaining and highly original view of how Britain made a peaceful transition to representative democracy - a change characterized in other countries by convulsive and bloody civil strife. Professor Bentley takes the reader into the minds of the politicians of the day, men such as Wellington, Peel, Disraeli, Salisbury and Asquith, as they and their colleagues did their best to control, manipulate (and often retard) the onset of 'democracy'. Combining a deep personal knowledge of political history with the latest research he presents a highly original account of how Britain was transformed from a society governed by the landed gentry to one responsive to the pressures of the newly-industrialized masses.

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $47.06

  � Revised edition of a classic work in new series format. � Offers lively and authoritative overview of nineteenth-century politics and government. � Shows how Britain responded to the challenges of the newly-industrialized masses.