1st Edition

Edwardian Conservatism Five Studies in Adaptation

Edited By J.A. Thompson, Arthur Mejia Copyright 1988
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

Conservatism is not an ideology but a frame of mind, an outlook, a general approach, grounded in temperament, psychology, economic interest, or any combination of these factors. Attempts to analyse it largely in terms of a written body of carefully formulated and coherent thought in the same way that communism or Christianity are analysed is inappropriate. They fail to account for how readily... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Lord Hugh Cecil: Religion and Liberty
Arthur Mejia

3. Field-Marshal Earl Roberts: Army and Empire
R.J.Q. Adams

4. Lord Willoughby de Broke: Radicalism and Conservatism
Gregory D. Phillips

5. Geroge Wyndham: Toryism and Imperialism
J.A. Thompson

6. Lord Halsbury: Conservatism and Law
Richard A. Cosgrove

Biography

J.A. Thompson, at the time of the first publication, was Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, USA.

Arthur Mejia was Professor of History. He was a member of San Francisco's Bohemian Club, Pacific-Union Club and University Club. A former director of the California Historical Society and trustee of the Anglo-California Foundation, he served at the time of his death as a director for the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society and the city's branch of the English-Speaking Union.