Book Search
-
Thatcher and Thatcherism
3rd Edition
Series: The Making of the Contemporary World
This fully revised and updated third edition of Thatcher and Thatcherism examines the origins and impact of ‘Thatcherism’ as a cultural construct and an economic creed from the 1970s to the formation of a coalition government in 2010. Focusing on the career of Margaret Thatcher, Eric J. Evans...
Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
-
Thatcher and Thatcherism
2nd Edition
Series: The Making of the Contemporary World
Drawing extensively on political memoirs, Thatcher and Thatcherism surveys the origins and impact of 'Thatcherism' as a cultural construct and an economic creed. Focusing on the career of Margaret Thatcher, Eric J. Evans proposes that the ideological coherence and originality of 'Thatcherism' was...
Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
-
Sir Robert Peel
Statesmanship, Power and Party, 2nd Edition
Series: Lancaster Pamphlets
Sir Robert Peel provides an accessible and concise introduction to the life and career of one of the most political leaders of the nineteenth century. Perhaps best known for seeing through the Repeal of the Corn Laws, Peel had an enormous impact on political life of his age and beyond. Eric J....
Published March 5th 2006 by Routledge
-
Sir Robert Peel
Statesmanship, Power and Party
Series: Lancaster Pamphlets
Drawing on the conclusions of recent research, this book takes a more critical view of Peel's political career than is conventionally offered. It argues that, although Peel was an efficient administrator and a dominant political leader in the 1830s and 1840s, he lacked both intellectual flexibility...
Published January 3rd 2002 by Routledge
-
William Pitt the Younger
Series: Lancaster Pamphlets
William Pitt the Younger re-examines Pitt's career in the light of recent research and emphasizes that it should not be stereotyped as having a `reformist' phase in the years to 1793 and a `reactionary' phase thereafter. His treatment includes explanation of: * Pitt's rapid rise to power* the...
Published March 10th 1999 by Routledge
-
Thatcher and Thatcherism
Series: The Making of the Contemporary World
Thatcher and Thatcherism surveys the origins and impact of Thatcherism as a cultural construct and an economic creed. Centering on the career of Margaret Thatcher, the author argues that Thatcherism was a bold experiment in ideologically driven government which failed to meet its objectives....
Published August 6th 1997 by Routledge
-
The Great Reform Act of 1832
2nd Edition
Series: Lancaster Pamphlets
The 1832 Reform Act was a watershed in the history of modern Britain, profoundly affecting the composition of parliament and the course of all subsequent legislation. This new edition of The Great Reform Act of 1832 extends and updates Eric J. Evans's classic account of the crucial political and...
Published October 26th 1994 by Routledge
-
Political Parties in Britain 1783-1867
Series: Lancaster Pamphlets
The theme of Professor Evan's book is the growth of a recognizable modern party system from the much looser and often family-based attachments of the eighteenth century. He examines the significance of the terms 'Whig' and 'Tory' in the later eighteenth century and the growth of a party aligment...
Published October 30th 1985 by Routledge
