Table of Contents

Introduction
1: The Lineaments of Politics, 1832-85
2: Elections in Wales, 1832-1886
3: Registration & Organization
4: Fighting Elections in Wales, 1832-85
5: The Problem of Landed Influence
6: The Problem of Preacher Influence: Chapel Politics, 1832-85
7: Politics, Propaganda and the Public
8: Parliamentary Politics, c. 1832-1886
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

`Cragoe's exploration of the mechanics of chapel power, and the institutional use of moral force to impose political discipline over voters, extending even to the exercise of collective forms of coercion and community surveillance, should, as he hopes, set an important new agenda for future research in the political history of Wales.'
The English Historical Review