Professor of Modern History, University of East Anglia
Anthony Howe specialises in the history of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. His books include Free Trade and Liberal England, 1846-1946 (Oxford, 1998) and, with Simon Morgan, he has edited Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Liberalism: Richard Cobden Bicentenary Essays (Ashgate, 2006). With the support of an AHRC resource enhancement grant, he recently edited four volumes the letters of the leading British radical Richard Cobden (1804-1865).
Professor Howe is Research Director for the School of History at UEA.
Brexit lessons from Britain's 19th century push for free trade
Jul 20, 2017 16:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As Britain prepares to enter what have been widely described as the most complex negotiations in recent history, politicians and civil servants dealing with Brexit can look to the 19th century for inspiration when it comes...
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