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Catalogue of the Library of the Reform Club
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Notes and Queries
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Club Government
The book phenomenon of `Club Government' in the mid-nineteenth century, when many of the functions of government were alleged to have taken place behind closed doors, in the secretive clubs of London's St. James's district, has not been adequately historicized. Despite `Club Government' being referenced in most major political histories of the period, it is a topic which has never before enjoyed a full-length study. Making use of previously-sealed club archives, and adopting a broad range of analytical techniques, this work of political history, social history, sociology and quantitative approaches to history seeks to deepen our understanding of the distinctive and novel ways in which British political culture evolved in this period. The book concludes that historians have hugely underestimated the extent of club influence on `high politics' in Westminster, and though the reputation of clubs for intervening in elections was exaggerated, the culture and secrecy involved in gentleman's clubs had a huge impact on Britain and the British Empire.
Reformed Characters
Everyone knows the Reform Club as the scene of the wager that the world could be circumnavigated In Eighty Days as described in Jules Verne's novel; and countless Londoners and tourists have stood outside the Pall Mall facade of Barry's Grade I listed masterpiece wondering what goes on inside. In a new approach to the arcane world of 'Clubland', this book endeavours to conduct readers on a journey into the real Pall Mall landscape. This is neither conventional narrative history nor a mere tally of anecdotes. Instead, it tells the story of the Club's development through the eyes of its most celebrated occupants. Founded in 1836 as the 'Central Office' of the Liberal party, the Reform existed for less than eighty years as a strictly political club, but whilst it did, it was the centre of Liberal and coalition government making and breaking. This book has chapters on the Liberal Prime Ministers, such as Palmerston, Asquith and Lloyd George ..."
