UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2019 · Q5(a) · 10 marks
"The arguments of the free traders were a curious mixture of economic hard-headedness, social benevolence, cosmopolitan idealism and class prejudice." Critically examine
- Chapter
- Origins of Modern Politics
- Topic
- Britain: Reform Act of 1832, Free Trade and Liberalism
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