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Dawns and Downfalls of the British Left
Kenneth O. Morgan
ISBN: 9781848855762
Format: Hardback
Publisher:I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
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The British Left has developed a long way since the early days of electoral reform signalled by the Great Reform Act of 1832. In this book, the author, one of the foremost historians of left-wing politics, provides a detailed history of the British Left from the Great Reform Act to the rise (and decline) of New Labour.
The British Left has developed a long way since the early days of electoral reform signalled by the Great Reform Act of 1832. In this book, Kenneth O. Morgan, one of the foremost historians of left-wing politics, provides a detailed history of the British Left from the Great Reform Act to the rise (and decline) of New Labour. Along the way, he highlights the characters and events that have been pivotal in shaping the development of the Left - from Gladstone and the New Radicalism, to Lloyd George and the Boer War, to Tony Blair and the War in Iraq. Morgan's searing analysis and accessible scholarship, not to mention his enormous distinction as a political historian, makes this an essential book for anyone interested in British history and the history of socialism.
| ISBN | 1848855761 | | Pages | 328 | | ISBN13 | 9781848855762
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 658 | | Publisher | I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | I.B.Tauris | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Publication date | 02 Dec 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 33 | | DEWEY | 320.5310941 | | Academic level | Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Liberals | | | | 1 | | The Great Reform Act of 1832 | | 3 | | 2 | | Gladstone and the New Radicalism | | 19 | | 3 | | Lloyd George, Keir Hardie and the Importance of the áPro-Boers' | | 31 | | 4 | | The Boer War and the Media, 1899-1902 | | 53 | | 5 | | áBlissful Dawn'? The Liberal Government of 1906 | | 69 | | 6 | | Lloyd George and Germany | | 79 | | 7 | | The Goat and the Tiger: Lloyd George and Clemenceau | | 93 | | 8 | | The Future at Work: Anglo-American Progressivism | | 105 | | | | Labour | | | | 9 | | Seven Ages of Socialism: Keir Hardie to Gordon Brown | | 129 | | 10 | | Labour and British Republicanism | | 147 | | 11 | | Imperialists at Bay: Britain's Finest Hour | | 161 | | 12 | | Labour and the áSpecial Relationship' | | 183 | | 13 | | Hugh Gaitskell and International Affairs | | 199 | | 14 | | Nye Bevan, Pragmatist and Prophet | | 209 | | 15 | | Sixties Socialism: From Planning to Permissiveness | | 227 | | 16 | | The Rise and Fall of Nationalisation in Britain | | 241 | | 17 | | Was Britain Dying? | | 263 | | 18 | | Michael Foot - History Man | | 271 | | 19 | | The Attack on Iraq | | 281 | | | | Acknowledgements | | 285 | | | | Notes | | 287 | | | | Index | | 303 |
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