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The British General Election of 1931
Inbunden, 1991
902 kr
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The British general election of 1931 marked the culmination of a period of political and economic crisis, and has long been regarded as a watershed in twentieth-century British history. In the summer of 1931 a struggling Labour government collapsed; its leader, Ramsay MacDonald, stayed on to form a …
Parties at War
Political Organization in Second World War Britain
Inbunden, 2009
2847 kr
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Political parties formed the cornerstone of the liberal democracy for which Britain claimed it was fighting in the Second World War. However, that conflict represented the most sustained challenge to the British party system during the twentieth century. War forced the suspension of normal …
Longman Companion to Britain in the Era of the Two World Wars 1914-45, The
Häftad, 1993
897 kr
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In the momentous period -- barely 30 years -- covered by this systematic reference/guide, the Edwardian world was transformed unrecognisably, through war, technological progress and social change, into the Nuclear Age. It saw the coming of mass democracy, the apogee of empire, the Depression, the …
Britain in the 1930s
A Deceptive Decade
Häftad, 1992
601 kr
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Were the 1930s in Britain a decade of growing prosperity, unprecedented levels of ownership and sane, competent government? Or was it a time of grinding poverty, long-term unemployment and political timidity? In this new book Andrew Thorpe cuts through the welter of dispute and mythology to provide …
The Failure of Political Extremism in Inter-War Britain
Häftad, 2005
444 kr
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The period between the two World Wars saw the emergence of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes in most European countries, and the development of powerful communist and fascist movements in most others. The book examines the reasons why such movements did not flourish in Britain.
Parliament and Politics in the Age of Asquith and Lloyd George
The Diaries of Cecil Harmsworth MP, 1909-22
Av Andrew Thorpe, Richard Toye
Inbunden, 2016
1000 kr
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Cecil Bisshop Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (1869-1948), was the younger brother of the press proprietors Lord Northcliffe and Lord Rothermere. Although he played a role in the early development of the Harmsworth journalistic empire, Cecil chose a political career. He served as Liberal MP for …
History of the British Labour Party
Häftad, 2015
475 kr
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After 13 years in power, Labour suddenly returned to being the party of opposition in 2010. This new edition of A History of the British Labour Party brings us up-to-date, examining Gordon Brown's period in office and the Labour Party under the leadership of Ed Miliband. Andrew Thorpe's study has …
History of the British Labour Party
E-bok, 2017
514 kr
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After 13 years in power, Labour suddenly returned to being the party of opposition in 2010. This new edition of A History of the British Labour Party brings us up-to-date, examining Gordon Brown''s period in office and the Labour Party under the leadership of Ed Miliband. Andrew Thorpe''s study has …
Longman Companion to Britain in the Era of the Two World Wars 1914-45, The
Inbunden, 2017
2600 kr
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In the momentous period -- barely 30 years -- covered by this systematic reference/guide, the Edwardian world was transformed unrecognisably, through war, technological progress and social change, into the Nuclear Age. It saw the coming of mass democracy, the apogee of empire, the Depression, the …
Longman Companion to Britain in the Era of the Two World Wars 1914-45, The
E-bok, 2014
1030 kr
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In the momentous period -- barely 30 years -- covered by this systematic reference/guide, the Edwardian world was transformed unrecognisably, through war, technological progress and social change, into the Nuclear Age. It saw the coming of mass democracy, the apogee of empire, the Depression, the …
Longman Companion to Britain in the Era of the Two World Wars 1914-45, The
E-bok, 2014
1052 kr
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In the momentous period -- barely 30 years -- covered by this systematic reference/guide, the Edwardian world was transformed unrecognisably, through war, technological progress and social change, into the Nuclear Age. It saw the coming of mass democracy, the apogee of empire, the Depression, the …
Building the Labour Party
The Politics of the Left in Early Twentieth Century Britain
Av Duncan Tanner, Andrew Thorpe m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1166 kr
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In the early twentieth century, the Labour Party was a growing political force in Britain. Founded in 1900, as an amalgamation of a number of small socialist groups brought together by the Trade Union Congress, by the 1920s it had overtaken the Liberal Party in terms of general election success. It …
