British Political History, 1867û2001: Democracy and Decline

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ISBN: 9780415268691 | 0415268699
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Copyright: 1/18/2002

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British Political History, 1867 - 2001is an accessible summary of major political developments of British history of the last one hundred and forty years. Analyzing the changing nature of British Society and Britain's role on the world stage, Pearce and Stewart also outline the growth of democracy and the growth in the power of the state against a background of party politics.

List of illustrations

xii

List of maps

xiv

Preface

Acknowledgements

xvii

Introduction: Britain in 1867

(27)

Introduction

(1)

People and places

(6)

Thought and feeling

(8)

Power and the Constitution

(4)

The reform crisis 1866-7

(5)

Controversy: historians and the reform crisis

(1)

Bibliography

(2)

The Gladstonian Liberal Party 1868-95

(39)

Introduction: Liberalism and the political agenda in the late nineteenth century

(5)

Gladstone's first ministry 1868-74

(7)

Out of office: Bulgaria and the Caucus

(4)

Gladstone's second ministry 1880-5

(6)

The crisis: June 1885 to August 1886

(2)

Gladstone's third ministry 1886

(1)

A united minority 1886-92

(3)

The last Gladstone Government 1892-4

(3)

Assessment

(1)

Controversy: historians and the Home Rule crisis

(4)

Bibliography

(3)

The Conservative Party 1868-1905: the regaining of power

(42)

Introduction

(2)

The basis of Conservative support

(5)

In power 1874-80

(10)

Out of office 1880-5

(5)

The caretaker government and the Home Rule crisis

(2)

Salisbury's second ministry 1886-92

(4)

`Their Lordships do itch to interfere' 1892-5

(1)

Salisbury's third ministry 1895-1902

(4)

A. J. Balfour - the decline and fall of the Conservative ascendancy 1902-5

100

(4)

Controversy: Disraelian Conservatism

104

(3)

Bibliography

107

(2)

Ireland 1868-1922: province or nation?

109

(29)

Introduction: attitudes and antecedents

110

(1)

The church

111

(1)

The land question

112

(1)

Towards a new departure

113

(1)

Land again

114

(3)

The move to Home Rule

117

(2)

Unionism and the failure of the first Home Rule Bill

119

(5)

From Home Rule to rebellion

124

(8)

Controversy: Easter 1916

132

(3)

Bibliography

135

(3)

Britain and the world 1867-1905: the onset of decline

138

(47)

Introduction

138

(8)

`Floating lazily downstream' 1867-74

146

(2)

Disraeli's Government 1874-80: `Peace with honour'

148

(8)

Gladstone's second ministry 1880-5: `Restoring the concert of Europe'!

156

(6)

The ascendancy of Lord Salisbury 1885-92

162

(3)

The Rosebery interlude 1892-5

165

(2)

The passing of Salisbury's ascendancy 1895-1902

167

(7)

Introduction

167

(1)

The abandonment of Constantinople 1895-7

168

(1)

The splendour of isolation - Fashoda

168

(1)

The weakness of isolation - the appeasement of the USA

169

(1)

South Africa - a big colonial war: 1899-1902

170

(4)

Isolation and its problems

174

(1)

Diplomatic revolution 1902-5

175

(2)

Controversy: Britain in Africa

177

(6)

Bibliography

183

(2)

The Liberal Party after Gladstone: recovery, triumph and death 1895-1935

185

(48)

Introduction: forty years on

185

(2)

`Politicians in search of a cry' 1895-1905

187

(9)

The last Liberal Government 1905-15

196

(15)

Ploughing the sands 1905-8

196

(4)

Triumph and achievement 1909-11

200

(6)

The troubled final years 1912-15

206

(5)

The Liberal achievement

211

(1)

The war-time coalition under Asquith: May 1915 to December 1916

211

(4)

The war-time coalition under Lloyd George 1916-18

215

(4)

The peace-time coalition 1918-22

219

(4)

Lingering death 1922-35

223

(4)

Conclusion

227

(1)

Controversy

228

(3)

Bibliography

231

(2)

The rise of Labour 1867-1940

233

(44)

Introduction

233

(1)

Trade unions

233

(7)

Intellectuals and others

240

(5)

The political arena

245

(6)

The drawing together of the strands 1900-14

251

(5)

Ten momentous years 1914-24

256

(4)

Red scares 1924-6

260

(2)

General Strike 1926

262

(4)

The last decade 1929-40

266

(4)

Controversy: the 1931 crisis

270

(3)

Bibliography

273

(4)

British foreign policy 1905-45: the German Question

277

(70)

Introduction

277

(12)

The First World War 1914-18

289

(9)

Armistice and peace

298

(2)

The audit of war

300

(5)

No war for ten years 1919-32

305

(5)

Dealing with Hitler 1933-9

310

(14)

The Second World War 1939-45

324

(16)

Assessment

340

(1)

Controversy

341

(3)

Bibliography

344

(3)

Britain between the wars

347

(27)

Introduction

347

(1)

The effects of the First World War

348

(4)

The problem of unemployment

352

(8)

Inter-war government policies

360

(3)

Prosperity and growth

363

(4)

Conclusion: seventy years on

367

(2)

Controversy

369

(3)

Bibliography

372

(2)

The Conservative Party of the Chamberlians 1906-40

374

(50)

Introduction

374

(3)

Out of office 1905-15

377

(7)

The Conservatives in coalition 1915-22

384

(5)

The Conservatives in power October 1922 to January 1924: the `second eleven'

389

(5)

Baldwin's second ministry 1924-9

394

(7)

Out of office and in again 1929-31

401

(3)

The National Government 1931-40

404

(14)

Assessment

418

(1)

Controversy

419

(2)

Bibliography

421

(3)

Socialist Britain 1940-51: the home front

424

(36)

Introduction

424

(2)

The people as servants of the state

426

(10)

A `step towards Utopia'

436

(5)

`Labour is the party of the future'

441

(2)

The state as servant of the people

443

(8)

`The retreat from Jerusalem'

451

(2)

Afterthoght

453

(1)

Controversy

454

(3)

Bibliography

457

(3)

Consensus Britain 1951-79

460

(52)

Introduction

460

(3)

Conservative governments with Labour policies 1951-64

463

(2)

Churchill's Government 1951-5

465

(8)

Eden's brief interlude 1955-7

473

(3)

`You've never had it so good'

476

(6)

The Conservatives in power 1959-64

482

(5)

`The white heat of the technological revolution' 1964-70

487

(2)

Labour in power 1966-70

489

(3)

The Conservatives in power 1970-4

492

(6)

Labour in power 1974-9: Wilson and Callaghan

498

(7)

Consensus and controversy

505

(3)

Bibliography

508

(4)

Thatcher's Britain - one hundred and twenty years on: 1979-90

512

(41)

Introduction

512

(3)

The changing political structure

515

(2)

The Thatcher years

517

(4)

The first Thatcher Government 1979-83: `property-owning democracy'

521

(5)

The second Thatcher Government 1983-7: `the share-owning democracy'

526

(7)

The third Thatcher Government 1987-90: `the people's revolt'

533

(10)

Audit of Thatcherism

543

(2)

Controversy: the Westland Scandal 1986

545

(5)

Bibliography

550

(3)

Towards the new millennium: Britain 1990-2001

553

(57)

Major's first term 1990-92: awaiting a mandate

553

(3)

Major's second term 1992-97: his own man?

556

(6)

The emergence of New Labour 1980-96

562

(8)

The 1997 general election

570

(3)

Blair's first term 1997-2001: changing Britain

573

(12)

Ireland 1922-2001

585

(16)

From solution to problem: 1922-49

585

(2)

The years of consensus: 1950-79

587

(4)

The Thatcher years: 1979-90

591

(3)

The years of Major and Blair: 1990-2001

594

(7)

Controversy: cash for questions

601

(5)

Bibliography

606

(4)

Britain and the world 1945-2001: the `new Elizabethan Age'

610

(43)

Introduction

610

(3)

Labour in power 1945-51

613

(10)

India and Palestine - retreat

619

(3)

The last year of the Labour Government 1950-1

622

(1)

The Conservative version of managed decline 1951-64

623

(11)

The Churchill Government 1951-5

624

(2)

Eden and the Suez Crisis

626

(4)

Macmillan: the illusion of power

630

(4)

The government of Wilson 1964-70

634

(5)

The 1970s: into Europe

639

(2)

The Thatcher years 1979-90

641

(4)

The Major and Blair years 1990-2001

645

(3)

Controversy

648

(3)

Bibliography

651

(2)

Index

653

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