Luke Blaxill

The War of Words

The Language of British Elections, 1880-1914

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A radical new approach to the political speeches delivered during this period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780861933549
• ISBN-10: 0861933540
• Artikelnr.: 57574723

Autorenporträt

Luke Blaxill

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the challenge of reintegration in political history On
method: text-mining, corpora and the historical study of language The
impact of reform: the general elections of 1880 and 1885 The impact of Home
Rule: the general elections of 1886 and 1892 The impact of imperialism: the
general elections of 1895 and 1900 The impact of New Liberalism: the
general elections of 1906 and 1910 Conclusion: who won the war of words?
Appendix 1: Technical and methodological Appendix 2: Statistical
Bibliography