'Shooting Niagara - And After?' by Robert Saunders, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Shooting Niagara – And After? is a wide-ranging examination of Britain’s Second Reform Act of 1867 and its impact, which doubled the electorate and propelled the country into the age of mass politics. Discusses the political world that the Second Reform Act created, as well as the intellectual forces which brought it into being Addresses issues and perspectives related to political history, imperial history, Irish history, the history of childhood, popular protest, political thought, class, age, and gender Contains contributions from distinguished scholars, such as Malcolm Chase, Kathryn Gleadle, Jonathan Parry and Gareth Stedman Jones, as well as from younger and emerging scholars Coincides with the 150th anniversary of the passing of the Second Reform Act, a landmark in the history of British democracy | 'Shooting Niagara - And After?' by Robert Saunders, Paperback | Indigo Chapters