| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Irish Potatoes and British Politics: Peel, Wellington, and the Repeal of the Corn Laws -- Appendix 2.1: Variables Used in the Rollcall Analysis -- 3. Dishing the Whigs: Disraeli, Salisbury, and the Relaunching of the Tory Party 1846-86 -- 4. The Great Victorian Realignment -- 5. The Failure of Imperialism: Joseph Chamberlain and Enoch Powell -- Appendix 5.1: Did Enoch Powell win the 1970 General Election for the Conservatives? Did he win the February 1974 General Election for Labour? -- 6. Lloyd George: Supreme Tactician and Ambitious Strategist -- 7. The Patriot Game: Rhetoric and Heresthetic in the Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiations of 1921 -- Appendix 7.1: Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, December 6, 1921 -- Appendix 7.2: Extracts from the Diary of Erskine Childers 1870-1922, Secretary to the Irish Delegation -- Appendix 7.3: Preference Orderings -- Appendix 7.4: The Irish Decision Sequence, 5 December 1921 -- 8. 'There is no alternative': Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| Summary |
This study explores the course of British parliamentary politics over 150 years. It combines social science and analytical narrative history to analyse turning points in British politics, such as the repeal of the Corn Laws |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-247) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Manipulative behavior -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Manipulative behavior -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY.
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Manipulative behavior
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Politics and government
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects
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Ministers-presidenten.
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Retorica.
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Parlementaire debatten.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901.
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191522451 |
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0191522457 |
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0198295294 |
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9780198295297 |
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9780191599873 |
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0191599875 |
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1282052446 |
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9781282052444 |
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9786612052446 |
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6612052449 |
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