P J Gurney
Biographic Data
| ID | 4246516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P J Gurney |
| GIVEN NAMES | P J |
| FAMILY NAME | Gurney |
| SIGNATURE | GURNEY P J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rejoicing in Potatoes
In the winter of 1842–3 the protectionist spokesman Robert Bullock Marsham, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, flippantly remarked that although workers could not buy bread they at least ‘rejoiced in potatoes’.1 For a while, during what were undoubtedly some of the hungriest years of the nineteenth century, the hapless Marsham — nicknamed ‘potato Dick’ — was nearly as notorious as Marie-Antoinette had been for a wrongly attributed phrase. Leaders …
The Sublime of the Bazaar
This article attempts to reconnect the culture with the politics of the campaign for free trade through a case study of the National Anti-Corn Law League Bazaar held at Covent Garden Theatre London in the spring of 1845. Four major themes are considered. First, the ways in which the bazaar pulled together commerce and politics are explored. The League was not only concerned with the abolition of excise duty on staple goods (especially 'the people…
The Sublime of the Bazaar
This article attempts to reconnect the culture with the politics of the campaign for free trade through a case study of the National Anti-Corn Law League Bazaar held at Covent Garden Theatre London in the spring of 1845. Four major themes are considered. First, the ways in which the bazaar pulled together commerce and politics are explored. The League was not only concerned with the abolition of excise duty on staple goods (especially 'the people…
Rejoicing in Potatoes
In the winter of 1842–3 the protectionist spokesman Robert Bullock Marsham, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, flippantly remarked that although workers could not buy bread they at least ‘rejoiced in potatoes’.1 For a while, during what were undoubtedly some of the hungriest years of the nineteenth century, the hapless Marsham — nicknamed ‘potato Dick’ — was nearly as notorious as Marie-Antoinette had been for a wrongly attributed phrase. Leaders …
The Sublime of the Bazaar
This article attempts to reconnect the culture with the politics of the campaign for free trade through a case study of the National Anti-Corn Law League Bazaar held at Covent Garden Theatre London in the spring of 1845. Four major themes are considered. First, the ways in which the bazaar pulled together commerce and politics are explored. The League was not only concerned with the abolition of excise duty on staple goods (especially 'the people…
Rejoicing in Potatoes
In the winter of 1842–3 the protectionist spokesman Robert Bullock Marsham, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, flippantly remarked that although workers could not buy bread they at least ‘rejoiced in potatoes’.1 For a while, during what were undoubtedly some of the hungriest years of the nineteenth century, the hapless Marsham — nicknamed ‘potato Dick’ — was nearly as notorious as Marie-Antoinette had been for a wrongly attributed phrase. Leaders …
Archaeology (2 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agrarian society (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Bazaar (1 work) · Brother (1 work)