Reviews
- 'Review from previous edition Examples of excellence abound throughout the book, and for that John Ramsden and his team are to be congratulated. . . people should buy this Companion, cherish it and flick through it at their leisure over the years' -Punch 06/03/2002
- 'Nestling alongside the potted biographies of politicians on these pages, there are fascinating and often unexpected mini-essays . . . . These are discursive entries of the sort that make a Companion properly companionable- not just a reference work, but a place for serendipitous browsing' -Sunday Telegraph 03/02/2002
- 'a daunting work of scholarship' -Paula Bartley, History Review,
- 'recommended...Teachers and students of British History and Politics will bless this volume as an invaluable quick reference' -Bill Jones, Talking Politics
- The first authoritative single-volume A-Z reference work on 20th-century British politics
- Charts 100 years of British political history, from 1900 to the present day
- Comprehensive coverage: over 3,000 entertaining and informative entries on people, issues, institutions, and events
- Broad spectrum of topics covered, from prime ministers, diplomats, spies, and trade unionists; crises, conflicts, and wars; to slogans, theories, and social issues
- Useful additional material including a thematic contents list grouping headwords by topic, and tables of election results, dates of ministries, and the various office holders in the twentieth century
- Over 100 distinguished contributors, including political, social, and economic historians, political journalists, a former cabinet secretary, a former government special adviser, and the former Clerk of the Parliaments in the House of Lords
Charting one hundred years of political, economic, and social change, The Oxford Companion to 20th-Century British Politics is the definitive A-Z reference work for anyone needing an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the people, institutions, ideas, and concepts that have influenced politics in Britain during the last century.
Under the editorial guidance of Professor John Ramsden, over 100 specialist contributors have written more than 3,000 entertaining, opinionated, and informative entries on subjects ranging from prime ministers, diplomats, spies, and trade unionists; crises, conflicts, and wars; to slogans, theories, and social issues; reports, newspapers, and film and television.
Invaluable appendices include a table showing the dates of all ministries from Lord Salisbury to Tony Blair, a list of the various office holders in those ministries, and a chart of general election results throughout the 20th century.
Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Editors
- Contributors
- Classified Contents List
- Abbreviations
- Note to the Reader
- A-Z entries
- Appendix 1: Dates of Ministries
- Appendix 2: Office Holders
- Appendix 3: Results of General Elections
- 'Review from previous edition Examples of excellence abound throughout the book, and for that John Ramsden and his team are to be congratulated. . . people should buy this Companion, cherish it and flick through it at their leisure over the years' -Punch 06/03/2002
- 'Nestling alongside the potted biographies of politicians on these pages, there are fascinating and often unexpected mini-essays . . . . These are discursive entries of the sort that make a Companion properly companionable- not just a reference work, but a place for serendipitous browsing' -Sunday Telegraph 03/02/2002
- 'a daunting work of scholarship' -Paula Bartley, History Review,
- 'recommended...Teachers and students of British History and Politics will bless this volume as an invaluable quick reference' -Bill Jones, Talking Politics
- The first authoritative single-volume A-Z reference work on 20th-century British politics
- Charts 100 years of British political history, from 1900 to the present day
- Comprehensive coverage: over 3,000 entertaining and informative entries on people, issues, institutions, and events
- Broad spectrum of topics covered, from prime ministers, diplomats, spies, and trade unionists; crises, conflicts, and wars; to slogans, theories, and social issues
- Useful additional material including a thematic contents list grouping headwords by topic, and tables of election results, dates of ministries, and the various office holders in the twentieth century
- Over 100 distinguished contributors, including political, social, and economic historians, political journalists, a former cabinet secretary, a former government special adviser, and the former Clerk of the Parliaments in the House of Lords
Charting one hundred years of political, economic, and social change, The Oxford Companion to 20th-Century British Politics is the definitive A-Z reference work for anyone needing an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the people, institutions, ideas, and concepts that have influenced politics in Britain during the last century.
Under the editorial guidance of Professor John Ramsden, over 100 specialist contributors have written more than 3,000 entertaining, opinionated, and informative entries on subjects ranging from prime ministers, diplomats, spies, and trade unionists; crises, conflicts, and wars; to slogans, theories, and social issues; reports, newspapers, and film and television.
Invaluable appendices include a table showing the dates of all ministries from Lord Salisbury to Tony Blair, a list of the various office holders in those ministries, and a chart of general election results throughout the 20th century.
Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Editors
- Contributors
- Classified Contents List
- Abbreviations
- Note to the Reader
- A-Z entries
- Appendix 1: Dates of Ministries
- Appendix 2: Office Holders
- Appendix 3: Results of General Elections