Cargando…
The many lives of corruption : the reform of public life in modern Britain, c. 1750-1950 /
This edited collection provides a uniquely expansive history of how corruption has undermined and exercised public life in modern Britain, from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth. It provides the first account that pays equal attention to the successes and limitations of anticorruption...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2022.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: corruption and the reform of public life in modern Britain
- Public spirit and corruption in the Scottish enlightenment : a reconsideration
- From the 'old' to the 'new' : corruption and the police, c. 1750-1910
- 'A new tide of corruption' : economical reform and the regulation of the East India Company, 1765-84
- 'A monster in politics' : corruption and economical reform in Jamaica, 1783-91
- Corrupt practices and the reform of voting behaviour in Britain, France and the United States, c. 1789-1914
- Corruption, despotism and the Colonial Office, c. 1820-50
- The 'most difficult' subject for legislation : parliament and electoral corruption in the nineteenth century
- Politics, patronage or public service? Conservatives at the Foreign Office, 1858-9
- Gladstonian liberalism, public service and private interests : reforming endowments
- After Old Corruption : Westminster scandals and the problem of corruption, c. 1880-1914
- Socialism and corruption : conservative responses to nationalisation and poplarism, 1900-40
- Civic corruption in the twentieth century : the case of Belfast and Glasgow, c. 1920-70
- Epilogue: the British way in corruption.