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Record Nr.

UNISA996248049803316

Autore

Dangerfield George <1904-1986.>

Titolo

The strange death of liberal England / / George Dangerfield ; designed by Sue Lamble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Serif, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-909150-30-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

941.083

Soggetti

Liberalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Great Britain Politics and government 1910-1936

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

strange death cover resized; TheStrangeDeathOfLiberalEngland; Contents; Foreword by Paul Bew; Author's Foreword; Part I: Their Lordships Die in the DarkMay 1910 - August 1911; 1 The Comet; 2 The Liberals 1906-10; 3 Their Lordships Die in the Dark; Part II: Hubris1911 - 1913; 1 'Anima Vagula ...'; 2 The Tory Rebellion; 3 The Women's Rebellion; 4 The Workers' Rebellion; Part III: The CrisisJanuary - August 1914; 1 Mutiny at the Curragh; 2 The Guns of Larne; 3 The Pankhursts Provide a Clue; 4 The Triple Alliance; 5 Sarajevo; 6 Buckingham Palace to Bachelor's Walk; Epilogue: The Lofty Shade

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

A study of a meltdown of a body politic which shows the turbulence of an alleged ""belle époque"" to have been the writing on the wall for a nation that had for too long thought of itself as all-powerful.