Political Parties in Britain 1783-1867

The theme of Professor Evan''s book is the growth of a recognizable modern party system from the much looser and often family-based attachments of the eighteenth century. He examines the significance of the terms ''Whig'' and ''Tory'' in the later eighteenth century and the growth of a party aligment between 1788 and 1812 - a period in which war was a major factor in polarization. He discusses the...