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Article: The Whig Revival, 1808-1830.(Book review)
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- The Historian
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- September 22, 2006
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The Whig Revival, 1809-1830. By William Anthony Hay. (New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Pp. xiii, 235. $65.00.)
This author's new and excellent book on the Whigs of the period before the Great Reform Act offers political historians new interpretations of political-party leadership and, most significantly, the contributions of Henry Brougham, Whig MP, barrister, and--as William Anthony Hay describes him--publicist for the Whig Party's dramatic revival in the age of reform. Focusing on a few key elections and the cultivation and manipulation of public opinion among an emerging middle class, Brougham incited a revolution within the Whig Party that allowed ...