1st Edition

Britain and Joseph Chamberlain

By Michael Balfour Copyright 1985
326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1985 Britain and Joseph Chamberlain is not simply the first biography of Joseph Chamberlain to be written from a radical standpoint but also an exercise in ‘counter -history’. What difference might it have made if Ireland had been set on the road to self-government in 1886, if the reforms of the 1906 Liberal Government had been enacted before 1890 and if it had fallen to a... Read more

List of Abbreviations Preface 1. The Economic Background 2. The Radical Background 3. ‘Young Joe’: 1836-65 4. ‘Brummagem Joe’: 1865-80 5. ‘Radical Joe’: 1880-85 6. ‘Judas Joe’: 1884-6 7. ‘Pilgrim Joe’: 1886-95 8. ‘Pushful Joe’: 1895-1902 9. ‘Imperial Joe’: 1902-14 10. Conclusion: ‘Joe and his World’ Index

Biography

Michael Balfour