Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Prelude; 2. Preliminary: the uprooting of the Whigs; 3. The cornering of the Conservative party; 4. The reassertion of Conservative policy; 5. The destruction of Liberal unity; 6. The victory of Disraeli; 7. The public agitation; 8. The acceptance of Hodgkinson's amendment; 9. Conclusion: Palmerston's mantle; Epilogue: the limitations of historical knowledge; Appendixes; Bibliography; Notes; Index.

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The passage of the Reform Bill of 1867 is one of the major problems in nineteenth-century British history.