The Letters of Richard Cobden Volume 4 1860-1865
- Submitting institution
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The University of East Anglia
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 182635819
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 978-0-19-921198-2
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2015
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This volume of represents further fruits of an AHRC-resource-enhancement project begun in 2001. Like its preceding volumes, it is based on letters in 46 archives Cobden’s letters across the globe from Los Angeles to West Sussex, which have been annotated to the highest scholarly standard, incorporating the full range of primary, secondary, and digital resources and took 14 years to complete. The original introduction of 42 pages, authored by Howe, sets the letters in the context of their times and Cobden’s life, while drawing attention to the long-term significance of Cobden’s career.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This is the final printed volume deriving from an AHRC-resource-enhancement project begun in 2001. It is based on a worldwide archival search for Cobden’s letters, which have been annotated to the highest scholarly standard, incorporating the full range of primary, secondary, and digital resources. The collected letters of Richard Cobden, one of Britain's leading nineteenth-century politicians, offer an insight into the nature of British Liberalism. Victorian politics, internationalism, debates about free trade and Cobden’s own distinctive views. The editors have adopted a multi-disciplinary approach which should be valuable for scholars of economics, international relations, social history and politics. This final volume deals with Cobden's search for a permanent political legacy, both at home and abroad, including his success in negotiating the Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1860, his involvement in smoothing Anglo-American relations at the time, and his work towards the enfranchisement of the working classes. The volume provides a fully annotated resource for scholarship on the period. The original (single-authored) introduction sets the letters in the context of their times and re-interprets Cobden’s career in their light. This work makes a contribution to our understanding of global Liberalism and is included in Oxford Scholarly Editions Online.
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- Non-English
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