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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453600603321

Titolo

Mass conservatism : the Conservatives and the public since the 1880s / / editors Stuart Ball, Ian Holliday ; with a foreword by William Hague

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-7146-8208-X

1-315-03904-4

1-135-28490-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Cass series. British politics and society, , 1467-1441

Altri autori (Persone)

BallStuart <1956->

HollidayIan

HagueWilliam

Disciplina

265

Soggetti

Conservatism - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Conservatism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901

Great Britain Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2002 in Great Britain by Frank Cass Publishers--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Mass Conservatism: An Introduction; 2 The Making of Scottish Unionism, 1886-1914; 3 Farmworkers and Local Conservatism in South-west  Shropshire, 1916-23; 4 The Conservative Party and Mass Housing, 1918-39; 5 Speaking to Democracy: The Conservative Party and  Mass Opinion from the 1920s to the 1950s; 6 Conservative Women and Voluntary Social Service, 1938-51; 7 Echoes in the Wilderness: British Popular Conservatism,  1945-51

8 Industrial Relations as 'Human Relations': Conservatism and Trade Unionism, 1945-649 Conservative Party Activists and Immigration Policy from the Late 1940s to the Mid-1970s; 10 The Role of the Conservative Political Centre, 1945-98; 11 The Community Affairs Department, 1975-79: A Personal Record; 12 Thatcherism and the



British People; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The papers that comprise this volume reveal how people are intent on preserving not only their wealth but culture too. The individual contributions identify the key arguments used to coax voters, whose natural sympathies might gravitate to the left, to vote for the Conservative Party en masse.