Given the scarcity of data relating to trade with Japan in 1861-1910, the Cornes archive is of great significance. A complete transcript on CD forms part of this volume, which in turn is supported in Part 2 by content summaries of all the private letters and copy books. Part 1 considers the life...

The problems of competition in agriculture have been highlighted recently by disagreement over the European Community's Common Agricultural Policy. This book presents an analysis of the roots of these problems in agrarian politics from 1846-1919

This is a history of Labour's use of the tax system from 1906 to 1979: an epilogue surveys New Labour's tax policies and dilemmas. This study sheds new light on Labour's history, and is a valuable contribution to understanding both the tax structure and the politics of twentieth-century Britain