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Corn Laws pl n (Historical Terms) the laws introduced in Britain in 1804 to protect domestic farmers against foreign competition by the imposition of a heavy duty on foreign corn: repealed in 1846 See also Anti-Corn Law League How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Mixed feelings intensified after the Corn Laws were repealed; buying and selling at the Great Exhibition in 1851, for example, had turned it into the "Sublime of the Bazaar," implying that the event in Hyde Park was not only a beautiful apotheosis but that it also simultaneously inspired awe and even terror. The central principle of the Corn Laws was that treatment of corn imports should vary with the market price of corn. The age of the Great Reform Act and abolition of the Corn Laws saw a new dominance, that of the middle class, and their tastes were those of inconspicuous consumption. |
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