The Life of William Cobbett
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The Life of William Cobbett

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The Life of William Cobbett

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This volume is representative of the historical works of a particular period (1923-29) when there was a hiatus in the output of Cole the theoretician. It is an extraordinary contribution to labour history and is among the finest of his historical works.

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Index

Acacia, cultivation of, 245.
Adams. President 6-7
Addington, Henry. See Sidmouth.
Advice to Young Men, quoted 30, 36, 51, 52, 93 ff., 166, 315 ff.
Age of Reason, 284.
Agricultural conditions, 7 ff., 87, 281. See also Enclosures.
— in America, 225.
Agricultural Revolution, 5.
Agriculture after Napoleonic Wars, 196, 200 ff., 281 f.
— during Napoleonic Wars, 6, 87.
Althorp, Lord, 358, 381, 398.
Alton, 181, 182.
America, Cobbett in, 31-39, 47-69, 217-326.
— emigration to, 225 f.
— politics in, 48 f., 218.
— South, revolutions in, 223.
— war with Britain, 142 ff., 175, 176 ff., 185.
American Gardener, 17, 220.
American War of Independence, 16, 18, 19.
Amiens, Peace of, 4, 70, 75 f., 81, 88, 112.
Andover, 323.
Appeal to Reason, 188.
Armed Neutrality, League of, 74.
Army, corruption in, 35, 109, 141.
— reform, 111, 208, 278.
Arts, Society of, 272.
Ashley, Lord. See Shaftesbury.
Attwood, Thomas, 392, 396.
Auckland, Lord, 73.
Bag hosiers, 266.
Bagshaw, Mr., printer, 159.
Baker, Rev. Mr. (Botley parson), 99 ff., 182, 189.
Ballot, vote by, 301, 358, 359, 375 f., 384.
Bank of England, 171, 172, 196, 280, 283,
Bankruptcy, Cobbett's, 243 ff.
Bank Restriction Act (1797), 170, 171, 196.
Banks, Country, 170, 283.
Banks, run on, 383.
Baring, Bingham, 362, 367.
Barn Elms, Cobbett's farm at, 311, 346, 389.
Barrie, Captain R., 299 ff.
Bashaws of Somerset House, 416.
Bastilles, 417.
Beer, Cobbett on, 230, 272, 274, 422.
Beevor, Sir Thomas, 279, 296 f., 304.
Belgian Revolution (1830), 353 f.
Bellingham, John, 174.
Belloc, Hilaire, 2...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Preface
  8. Epigraph
  9. Contents
  10. I The Times
  11. II Boyhood and Youth
  12. III Life in the Army
  13. IV The Soldier's Friend
  14. V Peter Porcupine in America
  15. VI Entry into English Politics
  16. VII “The Political Register”—Party Changes—The “Pitt” System—The Passing of Anti-Jacobinism
  17. VIII Farnham Re-Visited—Life at Botley—Cobbett as Employer—He Takes up the Labourers' Case
  18. IX Cobbett Joins the Radicals
  19. X The Change in Cobbett's Opinions—“Perish Commerce!”
  20. XI Prosecution and Sentence
  21. XII In Newgate—The Luddites
  22. XIII The Fall of Napoleon—Religious Opinions—The Corn Laws
  23. XIV The Fruits of Victory
  24. XV Two Years' Residence in America
  25. XVI The Six Acts—Queen Caroline
  26. XVII Factory Slavery—Cobbett and the Trade Unions
  27. XVIII Grammar and Husbandry
  28. XIX Catholic Emancipation—The Preston Election
  29. XX Advice to Young Men
  30. XXI Rural Rides
  31. XXII The Reform Movement—The Labourers' Revolt
  32. XXIII The Reform Act
  33. XXIV The Reformed Parliament—“The Trades Union”
  34. XXV The Poor Law Struggle
  35. XXVI A Tour in Ireland—The End
  36. Four Postscripts
  37. A Brief Bibliography of Cobbett's Writings
  38. A Note on Books Valuable for the Study of Cobbett's Times
  39. Index