History of the English Corn Laws from 1660-1846
Details:
- Author(s) Barnes, Donald G
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1930
- Pages 336pp
- Publisher George Routledge & Sons Ltd
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Trade protection inc non tariff
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Reprinted 1965. Early account. Has chapters: 'Corn Laws before 1660'; 'Restoration of Corn Laws'; 'Revolt against restoration Corn Laws'; 'Failure of the Law of 1773'; 'Corn Laws and the wars, 1791-1813'; 'Enclosure Movement and the Corn Laws'; 'The Corn Law of 1815'; 'The Law of 1815 in operation'; 'Agitation of the eighteen twenties'; 'Decline in interest in the Corn Laws, 1828-1838'; 'Cobden and the Anti-Corn Law League'; 'Sir Robert Peel and the repeal of the Corn Laws'. Some statistical appendices. Provides context for grain trading