Corn Laws
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...despite the opposition of many of his own party, led by Lord George Bentinck and Benjamin Disraeli. With the revival of protectionism in the 20th cent., new grain restriction laws have been passed, but they have not been as extensive as those of earlier...