Liberty and Locality. Parliament, Permissive Legislation, and Ratepayers' Democracies in the Nineteenth Century, Hardback/***

his study argues that permissive legislation facilitated ocal initiative and debate, and that local initiatives were ften more effective than national legislation. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): John (Fellow and Tutor in History, Fellow and Tutor in History, Balliol College, Oxford) Prest Illustration(s): tables Number of pages: 248 Publication date: 1990 Dimensions: 146 x 226 x 20 Cover type: Hardback