{"product_id":"2026100008889-secondhand-the-making-of-the-second-reform-bill","title":"The Making Of The Second Reform Bill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Victorian Britain's most turbulent democratic crisis stands the Second Reform Act of 1867 — a seismic piece of legislation that nearly doubled the electorate and reshaped the nation's political landscape forever. F. B. Smith's meticulous scholarly work chronicles the tortuous parliamentary journey of this landmark bill, dissecting the behind-the-scenes manoeuvring of Disraeli, Gladstone, and the rival factions whose ambitions, rivalries, and ideological convictions shaped its final form. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Smith presents an authoritative and granular account of how a deeply contested piece of legislation was forged through compromise, calculation, and brinkmanship within the corridors of Westminster.\n\nBeyond the parliamentary drama, this work illuminates the broader social and ideological forces — Chartism's legacy, the rising urban working class, and the contested nature of representation itself — that made reform both inevitable and deeply controversial. Smith's prose is precise and authoritative, reflecting his position as a Lecturer in History at the University of Melbourne, and his analysis argues persuasively that the Act was less a triumph of democratic principle than a product of acute political opportunism. For anyone seeking to understand how modern British democracy was truly born, the answer lies in the intricate, often surprising story told within these pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336812699867,"sku":"2026100008889-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d0b24885-ef7e-43aa-b2c7-1bab46ef54dd.png?v=1789958495","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008889-secondhand-the-making-of-the-second-reform-bill","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}