LEADER 03496oam 22006734a 450 001 9910821120803321 005 20170918165654.0 010 $a1-78499-157-0 010 $a1-78170-879-7 010 $a1-78499-156-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000493222 035 $a(EBL)4083622 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001578433 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16253762 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001578433 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14861242 035 $a(PQKB)11416396 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4083622 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001281002 035 $a(OCoLC)982020423 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59494 035 $a(DE-B1597)658797 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781784991562 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000493222 100 $a20151209d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe art of the possible$ePolitics and governance in modern British history, 1885?1997: Essays in memory of Duncan Tanner /$fEdited by Chris Williams and Andrew Edwards 210 1$aManchester, UK :$cManchester University Press,$d2015. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2017 210 4$d©2015. 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-9071-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tEditors and contributors -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction Duncan Tanner and the art of the possible: understanding politics and governance in modern British history -- $t1 The making and remaking of ?common sense? about British economic policy -- $t2 The ?Big State? versus the ?Big Society? in twentieth-century Britain -- $t3 ?One meaning blots out another?? Liberals and Labour in the East Midlands coalfield -- $t4 Cartooning the rise of Labour, 1900?21 -- $t5 Novels for ?thinking people?: fiction and the inter-war broad left -- $t6 Myth and counter-myth in Second World War British politics -- $t7 Labour, nationalism and the problem of Welsh devolution, c.1939?64 -- $t8 Defending the constitution: the Conservative party and the idea of devolution, 1945?74 -- $t9 Public and private languages of ?class? in the Luton by-election of 1963 -- $t10 Community and the Labour left in 1970s London -- $t11 Labour, the Union and the rebirth of Welsh devolution -- $tDuncan Tanner: a select bibliography -- $tIndex 330 8 $aThis title explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958-2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General$2bisacsh 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aDuncan Tanner. 610 $aGovernance. 610 $aGovernment. 610 $aModern Britain. 610 $aModern Wales. 610 $aPolitics. 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General. 676 $a941.082 702 $aEdwards$b Andrew$f1964- 702 $aWilliams$b Chris$f1963- 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821120803321 996 $aThe art of the possible$94016055 997 $aUNINA