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Reform in Great Britain and Germany 1750–1850

Volume published 1999

Introduction
T C W Blanning & Peter Wende, pages 1-3

Why does Corruption Matter? Reforms and Reform Movements in Britain and Germany in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century
Eckhart Hellmuth, pages 5-23

The Whigs, the People, and Reform
L G Mitchell, pages 25-41

Legal Reforms: Changing the Law in Germany in the Ancien Régime and in the Vormärz
Diethelm Klippel, pages 43-59

The Prussian Reformers and their Impact on German History
Hagen Schulze, pages 61-77

Reform in Britain and Prussia, 1797–1815: (Confessional) Fiscal-Military State and Military-Agrarian Complex
Brendan Simms, pages 79-100

The English as Reformers: Foreign Visitors’ Impressions, 1750–1850
Paul Langford, pages 101-119

Riding a Tiger: Daniel O’Connell, Reform, and Popular Politics in Ireland, 1800–1847
K Theodore Hoppen, pages 121-143

1848: Reform or Revolution in Germany and Great Britain
Peter Wende, pages 145-157

The Idea of Reform in British Politics, 1829–1850
Derek Beales, pages 159-174

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