1. The 'combative element': Debate and rhetorical uses of parliamentary procedure in the Cambridge and Oxford Union Societies, c. 1832―1867.- 2. The Union Societies in the British political culture: The formation of a parliamentary culture of debate.- 3. Debate at the core of British parliamentary culture.- 4. The politics of agenda in the Union Societies.- 5. The politics of debate in the Union Societies.- 6. Conclusion: Deliberative rhetoric...