Joseph Hume: The People's M.P., Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 163) (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) - Softcover

Ziegler, Paul R.; Huch, Ronald K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871691639 ISBN 13: 9780871691637

Publisher: The American Philosophical Society Press, 1985

Synopsis

Joseph Hume was a champion of free-trade principles and radical reform. He was in the forefront of nearly every major reform endeavor in the first half of the nineteenth century and, though he never held office, his name was a household word in England for over thirty years. He rose to popularity on the basis of his attack on government spending, and he remained a favorite of "the people" because he seemed unencumbered by personal avarice. Hume's personal life largely remains a mystery, because his private papers were destoryed by fire. The authors have gone though many manuscript collections of those who were close to Hume in order to put his life together. The most useful of these collections were the papers of Francis Place, John Cam Hobhouse, and Richard Cobden.

About this edition

• Publisher: The American Philosophical Society Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0871691639
• ISBN 13: 9780871691637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172