Political Rhetoric in the Oxford and Cambridge Unions, 1830–1870

1. Introduction: The Rhetoric of Parliamentary Debate
Taru Haapala

2. The Union Societies’ Role in the Formation of a Parliamentary Culture of Debate
Taru Haapala

3. Procedure and Debate in the British Parliamentary Culture
Taru Haapala

4. The Politics of Agenda in the Union Debates
Taru Haapala

5. The Politics of Debate in the Union Societies
Taru Haapala

6. Conclusion: Transfer of the Rhetoric of Procedure to British Debating Societies
Taru Haapala

Keywords: History, History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History, Political History