Böcker av Eric J. Evans

Describing the period 1815-1832 as 'The birth of a new age', this book considers the tremendous forces of change operating after industrialisation and discusses the achievement of Lord Liverpool's administration in containing these pressures, thereby leading the way to evolutionary change rather than revolution.

The theme of Professor Evans' book is the growth of a recognizable modern party system from the much looser and often family-based attachments from the eighteenth century. Many periods and topics are dealt with in this comprehensive book.

Covers the momentous reforms in the British electoral system during the period from the Great Reform Act of 1832 to 1918 when women were given the vote. The study charts the series of Reform Acts right through the period, involving rather more attention to those important changes in the 1880s which are often underplayed.