Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nye

The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on new research and previously unpublished sources, a major biography of one of the great British statesmen of the 20th century

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9781784535629
• ISBN-10: 1784535621
• Artikelnr.: 44687200

Autorenporträt

Nick Thomas-Symonds is the current Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade. Previously a barrister and academic, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2012 and has been the Member of Parliament for Torfaen since 2015. He is the author of Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan (2014) and Harold Wilson: The Winner (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART ONE: BOY TO MAN
1897-1919 Chapter 1: The Welsh Valleys Childhood
1897 - 1911 Chapter 2: The South Wales Coalfield 1911 - 1919 PART TWO: THE MAKING OF ANEURIN BEVAN
1919-34 Chapter 3: Local Politics
1919-28 Chapter 4: Monmouthshire County Council and Parliament
1928-34 PART THREE: ESTABLISHING HIMSELF ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
1934-45 Chapter 5: London and Jennie Lee Chapter 6: Working Class Unity
1935-1939 Chapter 7: The Second World War
Part I: 1939 to 1942 Chapter 8: The Second World War
Part I: 1942 to 1945 PART FOUR: CABINET MINISTER
1945-51 Chapter 9: The Labour Government
1945-1951 Chapter 10: The Creation of the National Health Service Chapter 11: Bevan's Record on Housing
1945-51 Chapter 12: Resignation PART FIVE: IN OPPOSITION
1951-60 Chapter 13: The Bevanites
1951-55 Chapter 14: The Pragmatic Bevan
1955-57 Chapter 15: The Final Years
1958-60 Conclusion Further Reading