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The Political Writings of Richard Cobden (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century)

The Political Writings of Richard Cobden (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century) image
ISBN-10:

1108036724

ISBN-13:

9781108036726

Author(s): Cobden, Richard
Released: Dec 15, 2011
Format: Paperback, 456 pages
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Description:

Richard Cobden (1804-65) was the leading liberal thinker of his generation, and it was primarily through his efforts that the Corn Laws were repealed and that classical liberalism became the dominant political theory of the United Kingdom for over half a century. His first pamphlet was published in 1835 and his last in 1862. This collection was published two years after his death, and was regularly reprinted on both sides of the Atlantic well into the twentieth century. Volume 2 contains Cobden's later writings. With a background of war in the Crimea and the United States, his emphasis shifts from advocating free trade to the need to promote international treaties and co-operation. In his final work, The Three Panics, he is able to use the experience gained while negotiating a commercial treaty with France to highlight the folly of the anti-French hysteria that still frequently erupted in Britain.











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