Philip Williamson / Edward Baldwin

Baldwin Papers

Herausgeber: Baldwin, Edward; Williamson, Philip

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An edited selection of three times prime minister Stanley Baldwin's letters and reported conversations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 558
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1048g
• ISBN-13: 9780521580809
• ISBN-10: 0521580803
• Artikelnr.: 22058502

Autorenporträt

PHILIP WILLIAMSON is Professor of History, University of Durham.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Businessman-MP and junior minister 1908-March 1921
2. The Coalition Cabinet, April 1921-October 1922
3. Chancellor and prime minister, October 1922-September 1923
4. Protection and its aftermath, October 1923-January 1924
5. Leader of the opposition, January-October 1924
6. Baldwin's second government, November 1924-June 1929
7. The second opposition period, June 1929-August 1931
8. The National government, August 1931-June 1935
9. Prime minister again, June 1935-November 1936
10. The abdication crisis
11. Into retirement, December 1936-May 1937
12. Elder statesman, June 1937-April 1940
13. Last years, May 1940-December 1947
Appendices: A. Family trees
B. The People interview, 18 May 1924
C. Palmstierna's memoir
D. The prime minister's staff and daily routine
E. Baldwin collections.