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Book Mr Balfour s Poodle

Download or read book Mr Balfour s Poodle written by Roy Jenkins and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenkins' account of the constitutional struggle between the Liberal government of the early twentieth century and the House of Lords. The battle started with the introduction of the People's Budget of 1909 and continued through two general elections until 1911 when the Lords accepted the Parliament bill.

Book Mr Balfour s Poodle

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roy Jenkins
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN : 9780002155434
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Mr Balfour s Poodle written by Roy Jenkins and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1968 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mr  Balfour s Poodle

Download or read book Mr Balfour s Poodle written by Roy Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full study of the conflict between the House of Lord and Asquith between 1909 and 1911.

Book Britain in the Modern World

Download or read book Britain in the Modern World written by J. A. Cloake and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This core book is aimed at average and above average ability Key Stage 4 National Curriculum pupils. All the material for the core unit is covered in such a way as to enable the most able to attain the highest levels, while it also remains accessible to those of average ability.

Book 1968 Annual Supplement

Download or read book 1968 Annual Supplement written by John B. Simeone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 1727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern British Statesmen  1867 1945

Download or read book Modern British Statesmen 1867 1945 written by Richard N. Kelly and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers compact biographies of 12 British statesmen of the period, including Churchill, Asquith, Lloyd George, and Disraeli, especially for high school seniors and beginning undergraduates. Biographies follow a similar format, with material organized in sections on early life, entry into public life, career highlights, and each personalities' influence on later events and politicians, plus bandw photos. An introduction looks at the growth of state intervention and social democratic political culture during the period. Includes lists of office holders and party leaders, statistics on taxes and elections, and 40 biographical summaries. Distributed by St. Martin's. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Mr  Punch s History of Modern England Vol  III   1874 1892  of 4    Illustrations

Download or read book Mr Punch s History of Modern England Vol III 1874 1892 of 4 Illustrations written by Charles Larcom Graves and published by CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Example in this ebook PART I THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK HIGH POLITICS The pageant of the Victorian age reached its grand climacteric in the period on which we now enter. As a "drum and trumpet chronicle" the history of the eighteen years from 1874 to 1892 was void of any British military operations on the grand scale. Of the names Kandahar, Maiwand, Isandhlwana, Majuba, Khartoum and Tel-el-Kebir only the first and last minister to our complacency. Yet the achievements of Lord Roberts in the two Afghan campaigns were splendid examples of bold leadership and British endurance, and Lord Wolseley's suppression of the revolt of Arabi was more than efficient. In the mid 'seventies Germany came perilously near forcing a fresh war on France; but the influence of the British Crown and Government was largely instrumental in averting the calamity. We were twice on the verge of war with Russia in 1878, first in April after the Treaty of San Stefano at the close of the Russo-Turkish war, and second in July over Russia's intervention in Afghanistan. The country was divided, for while there had been a revival of the old distrust of Russia, Gladstone had thrown the whole weight of his influence into the campaign of protest against the "Bulgarian atrocities." The Government, on the whole, steered a middle course between the "Jingoes" and those who supported Gladstone's "bag and baggage" policy towards the Turks. At the height of the Tory Press campaign against Russia, Lord Salisbury, in a speech in the City, observed: "It has been generally acknowledged to be madness to go to war for an idea, but it is yet more unsatisfactory to go to war against a nightmare." Punch, who was never pro-Russian, but at the moment was strongly anti-Turk, interpreted this saying as a caution against Jingo scaremongering. In one of the earliest of his cartoons on the possibility of war over the Eastern question, he represented Disraeli standing on the edge of a precipice with Britannia, asking her to move "just a leetle nearer." Britannia declines to move one inch farther, adding, "I'm a good deal nearer than is pleasant already." But four months later, in May, 1878, when he showed Britannia between two advisers, Disraeli and Bright—the former wearing a sword camouflaged with an olive wreath—Punch supported neither, but applauded the third Voice, that of Neutrality. Professorial intervention he resented strongly; and severely rebuked Freeman, the historian, for a violent and unpatriotic speech. In fine, he was equally down on the blatant bunkum of the music-halls and the ill-considered agitation of fussy Pacificists; on War-Donkeys and Peace-Donkeys; "Asses are asses, whether bound in Lion or in Calf." But if in Europe Great Britain never got beyond the stage of naval demonstrations and the summoning of troops from India, these eighteen years were not devoid of great as well as spectacular events. They opened with the triumphant return to power of Disraeli, admirably symbolized in Tenniel's great cartoon of the chariot driver and his fallen rival, and with his efforts to translate into practical politics his grandiose doctrines of Imperialism. He made the Queen Empress of India, he riveted our hold on the Suez Canal by the opportune purchase of the Khedive's shares in 1875; he claimed to have brought back "Peace with Honour" from the Berlin Congress of 1878, the year which marked the zenith of his power and the beginning of its decline. The twelve years that followed Gladstone's success at the polls in 1880 were crowded with momentous events; the rise and ferment of the new nationalities abroad; the advent of new champions and gladiators in the political arena at home—Parnell and Randolph Churchill and Chamberlain. To be continue in this ebook

Book The Transformation of Urban Liberalism

Download or read book The Transformation of Urban Liberalism written by Dr James R Moore and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transformation of Urban Liberalism re-evaluates the dramatic and turbulent political decade following the 'Third Reform Act', and questions whether the Liberal Party's political heartlands - the urban boroughs - really were in decline. In contrast to some recent studies, it does not see electoral reform, the Irish Home Rule crisis and the challenge of socialism as representing a fundamental threat to the integrity of the party. Instead this book illustrates, using parallel case studies, how the party gradually began to transform into a social democratic organisation through a re-evaluation of its role and policy direction. This process was not one directed from the centre - despite the important personalities of Gladstone and Rosebery - but rather one heavily influenced by 'grass roots politics'. Consequently, it suggests that late Victorian politics was more democratic and open than sometimes thought, with leading urban politicians forced to respond to the demands of party activists. Changes in the structure of urban rule produced new policy outcomes and brought new collectivist forms of New Liberalism onto the political agenda. Thus it is argued that without the political transformations of the decade 1885-1895, the radical liberal governments of the Edwardian era would not have been possible.

Book Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science and Art

Download or read book Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science and Art

Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Impossible Office

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anthony Seldon
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2024-03-14
  • ISBN : 1009429779
  • Pages : 569 pages

Download or read book The Impossible Office written by Anthony Seldon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 300 years, fifty-seven individuals have held the office of British Prime Minister - who have been the best and worst?

Book Apprentice Warrior

Download or read book Apprentice Warrior written by William W. Whitson and published by Cogent Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a change headed for this planet, and it involves more than just humanity. It's coming like a tidal wave, to wash us into a new way of living - a better, kinder, more loving era. This change goes by many names, but one thing is certain: what's about to happen is unprecedented. And it would be difficult or even impossible for humanity to make this transition alone. In fact, we have failed many times in the past, with cataclysmic results. However, this time, thousands of beings or more, living in other dimensions of time and space and on other planets, have come to help us. This book is about Beth's personal contact with one such extraterrestrial individual, Martha, who reached out, offering her personal assistance. Martha has done this to help awaken humanity. It's time we humans learned the truth about our place among extraterrestrials and angels.

Book Austen Chamberlain

Download or read book Austen Chamberlain written by David Dutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987. A biographical look into the character and career of Austen Chamberlain. ‘Chamberlain’, thought Lord Beaverbrook, ‘will be a fascinating subject for a biography.’ These pages attempt to justify Beaverbrook’s words.

Book Rebel on the Right

Download or read book Rebel on the Right written by Larry L. Witherell and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is argued that it was the Conservative party that experienced the most serious difficulties in the decade prior to 1914, losing three consecutive elections, ousting its own leader in 1911, and being divided into several factions. This book accepts that argument in order to provide a more detailed picture of the political dynamics at work during this crucial period. Through exploring the political manifestations of Edwardian conservatism and peeling away the layers of traditional assumptions, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the development of modern British politics. This crisis of Edwardian conservatism is found in the membership, activities, and ideologies of the Conservative party's right wing. Rebel on the Right reconstructs the political career and activities of one of the more colorful, controversial, and prominent members of that wing.

Book Dictionary of Biographical Quotations

Download or read book Dictionary of Biographical Quotations written by Frank S. Pepper and published by Sphere. This book was released on 1985 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jennie

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ralph G Martin
  • Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
  • Release : 2007-10-01
  • ISBN : 1402248644
  • Pages : 773 pages

Download or read book Jennie written by Ralph G Martin and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A master work...Jennie was released to a public that became entranced by her story, and will again be now that she is back in print in this magnificent single volume." —from the foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill Sourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of readers. Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston's mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents. Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill, writes that Jennie is, "a master work" that "pulses with energy as the author leads us from her cradle to relatively early grave, at the age of sixty-seven, of a woman who finally emerges—under his guiding hand—from the shadow of being a great man's mother, to being a woman in her own right."