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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Penelope Corfield, Professor Charles Harvey
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The book reveals for the first time the full extent of electioneering across London during the 'long' eighteenth century from 1700 to 1850. Voters turned out frequently to select not only their MPs but also for a range of civic and parish officials. These elections have languished for too long in the historical shadow of the tiny 'rotten' boroughs, some with no voters, others with only a handful. Here the metropolitan electorate takes centre stage. We put forward the construct of 'proto democracy' to encapsulate extensive but not universal popular participation in the official electoral process, constituting steps, however winding the pathway, which eventually led to democracy.
Author(s): Green EM, Corfield PJ, Harvey C
Publication type: Authored Book
Publication status: Published
Year: 2013
Number of Pages: xviii + 481
Print publication date: 01/07/2013
Publisher: Bristol Academic Press
Place Published: Bristol
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9780954413804
