Schonhardt-Bailey is from Idaho in the western United States and obtained a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Boise State University. She earned both a master of arts and doctorate of philosophy degrees in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles.[4]
She has published books and articles on British trade policy in the nineteenth century, such as From the Corn Laws to Free Trade: Interests, Ideas, and Institutions in Historical Perspective. Her articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, World Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Political Analysis, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Parliamentary History.[5]
Battles Over Free Trade: Anglo-American Experiences with International Trade, 1776-2006. Pickering & Chatto Publishers Ltd. 2008. ISBN1851969357.
Free Trade: The Repeal of the Corn Laws Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. MIT Press. 2006. ISBN0-262-19543-7.
From the Corn Laws to Free Trade: Interests, Ideas, and Institutions in Historical Perspective Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. MIT Press. 2006. ISBN0-262-19543-7.
McGillivray, Fiona; McLean, Iain; Pahre, Robert; Schonhardt-Bailey, Cheryl (2002). International Trade and Political Institutions: Instituting Trade in the Long 19th Century. Cheltenham. ISBN1-84064-690-X.
Schonhardt-Bailey, Cheryl (1997). The Rise of Free Trade, in 4 volumes. Routledge. ISBN0415140315.