Paul Foot

The Vote

How It Was Won and How It Was Undermined

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Produktbeschreibung

The British peoples' dramatic struggle for the right to vote

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso Books
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 152mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781804294697
• ISBN-10: 1804294691
• Artikelnr.: 68923173

Autorenporträt

Paul Foot was the outstanding left-wing journalist of his generation. For many years he was an investigative journalist for the Daily Mirror. In his later years he wrote for Private Eye and the Guardian. His many books include The Politics of Harold Wilson and Murder at the Farm. Paul Foot died in July 2004.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: How the Vote was Won
1647: Crows and Eagles at Putney
1790-1832: The Not-So-Great Reform Act
Revolt of the Chartists
The Leap in the Dark
Women
PART 2: How the Vote was Undermined
1918-18: Mond's Manacles
The Grey Decade
1940-51: The Stupendous Convulsion
Unstable Compound I: 1951-70
Unstable Compound 2: 1970-79
New Labour = Old Tory: The Tory Counter-attack and the Labour Surrender
Conclusion: Their Democracy and Ours
Bibliography
Index