Lancashire and the New Liberalism

Part 1 Introduction: the politics of change. Part 2 Formative influences: Manchester School to Tory democracy; the Conservative Party at prayer; cotton. Part 3 The terms of the contest: the pale of the constituency; the policy of the street. Part 4 The reconstruction of Liberal Lancashire: C.P. Scott and progressivism; the sinews of war; men of light and leading. Part 5 Fields of recruitment: communal politics; the rise and fall of the Free Traders; Labour. Part 6 Going to the country: the core of the argument; vox populi. Part 7 Conclusion: Edwardian progressivism. Appendices.