LEADER 02848oam 2200577Ma 450 001 9910765878403321 005 20200324081352.0 010 $a0-203-49824-0 010 $a1-135-77660-1 035 $a(CKB)4340000000262173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5331530 035 $a(OCoLC)1050958077 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1050958077 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781135776602 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30514 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000262173 100 $a20090910d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aReginald McKenna $efinancier among statesmen, 1863-1916 /$fMartin Farr 210 $aNew York ;$aLondon $cRoutledge$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 381 pages) 225 1 $aBritish politics and society 311 $a0-7146-5047-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 341-358) and index. 330 $aReginald McKenna has never been the subject of scholarly attention. This was partly due to his own preference for appearing at the periphery of events even when ostensibly at the centre, and the absence of a significant collection of private papers. This new book redresses the neglect of this major statesmen and financier partly through the natural advance of historical research, and partly by the discoveries of missing archival material. McKenna's role is now illuminated by his own reflections, and by the correspondence of friends and colleagues, including Asquith, Churchill, Keynes, Baldwin, Bonar Law, MacDonald, and Chamberlain. McKenna's presence at the hub of political life in the first half of the century is now clear: in the radical Liberal governments of 1905?16, where he acted as a lightning conductor for the party; during the war, where he served as the Prime Minister's deputy and the principal voice for restraint in the conduct of the war; and as chairman of the world's largest bank, where until his death in office aged eighty, he prompted progressive policies to deal with the issues of war debt, trade, mass unemployment, and the return to gold. 410 0$aBritish politics and society. 606 $aPoliticians$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1901-1936 610 $anorth 610 $amonmouthshire 610 $asmith 610 $asquare 610 $asir 610 $acharles 610 $adilke 610 $aadmiralty 610 $ahouse 610 $abonar 615 0$aPoliticians 676 $a070.4432424107 700 $aFarr$b Martin$01262128 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910765878403321 996 $aReginald McKenna$92948606 997 $aUNINA