British Political Culture and the Idea of 'Public Opinion', 1867-1914
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Newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets and books all reflect the ubiquity of ''public opinion'' in political discourse in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Through close attention to debates across the political spectrum, James Thompson charts the ways in which Britons sought to locate ''public opinion'' in an era prior to polling. He shows that ''public opinion'' was the principal ...
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Newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets and books all reflect the ubiquity of ''public opinion'' in political discourse in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Through close attention to debates across the political spectrum, James Thompson charts the ways in which Britons sought to locate ''public opinion'' in an era prior to polling. He shows that ''public opinion'' was the principal ...
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