Geraint Thomas

Popular Conservatism and the Culture of National Government in Inter-War Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

A radical reading of British Conservatives' fortunes between the wars, exploring how the party adapted to mass democracy after 1918.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9781108483124
• ISBN-10: 1108483127
• Artikelnr.: 59550566

Autorenporträt

Geraint Thomas is Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He has previously held positions at the Universities of Oxford and York. His research publications have focused on the politics of inter-war Britain and include, as co-editor, Brave New World: Imperial and Democratic Nation-building in Britain between the Wars (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The National Government and Interwar Conservatism: the Historical Task
Part I. Rethinking Interwar Conservatism: 2. Local politics and the limits of Baldwinite Conservatism, 1918-1931
3. Conservatives and the Politics of National Recovery, 1931-1937
Part II. Popular Conservatism and the National Government: 4. Anti-Socialism and Working-Class Conservatism in the Industrial North
5. The Politics of Anti-Socialism in the Suburbs
6. Modernity and Paternalism in Rural Politics
7. National Conservatism in Scotland and Wales
Part III. Reputations of Government: 8. The Unravelling of National Anti-Socialism?
Conclusion.