E David Steele

Lord Salisbury (eBook, ePUB)

A Political Biography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a study of Lord Salisbury, British prime minister in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, whose political philosophy was reactionary and defeatist, and who is remembered for an irony that was wounding as well as diverting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000159011
• Artikelnr.: 60317816

Autorenporträt

E. David Steele

Inhaltsangabe

Maps: Africa; the Middle East; the Balkans
Preface
Biographical Note
Introduction
1 Formative Influences
Family and School
Oxford and Tractarianism
Colonial Impressions Ambition and Self
doubt
2 The Rising Politician
Georgina Alderson
Parliament and Party: War and Peace, 1854
65
Domestic Politics: The First Decade
The Journalist's Trade
The City and its Lessons
3 The Second Reform Act
The Front Rank of Politics
The Liberal Reform Bill
The Tory Cabinet and Household Suffrage
The Passing of the Conservative Bill
The Future of a Rebel
4 The Conscience of the Party
The Master of Hatfield
The House of Lords
The Church and Her Enemies
The Fears of a Modern Conservative
5 The Making of a Statesman
The Return to Office
The Future of the Church
The India Office
6 The Eastern Question and the Foreign Office
Diplomatic Realities
The Return of the Eastern Question
From the Constantinople Conference to the Russo
Turkish War
The Genesis of a New Foreign Policy
7 A Leader in Waiting
The Public and the Private Man
Popular Politics
Empire and the Economy
A Changing Party and Parliamentary Reform
Agrarianism and Nationalism in Ireland
8 The First Premiership and Ireland, 1885
6
The First Cabinet: Men and Policies
The Foreign Office
The Tories and Home Rule
The General Election of 1885 and the Birth of Unionism
9 The New Conservatism in Practice
The General Election of 1886 and Virtual Coalition
The Pacification of Ireland
The Defence of Religion
The New Conservatism and the Old
10 European Security and Imperial Expansion
The International Situation, 1886
92
The Diplomacy of Security
Limiting the Competition of Empires
11 The Politics of Opposition 1892
5
The 1892 Election and the Integration of Unionism
The Tendencies of Liberal Policy Abroad
1892
5: The Unifying Themes of Opposition and Victory
12 Unionist Democracy, 1895
1900
The 1895 Election and the First Unionist Government
A Reforming Administration: Rhetoric and Substance
Church and Education
The Irish Future
13 The System under Strain: Diplomacy and War, 1895
1900
Britain, Germany and the Kruger Telegram
From Constantinople to Fashoda and after
America, China and India
The Reconquest of the Sudan in Salisbury's Policy
Britain and the Boers
14 Anti
climax
An Aura of Failure
Leadership in War
The Fear of Isolation
Old Policies and New
The Balance Sheet
Manuscript Sources
Notes
Index.