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Labour and the countryside : the politics of rural Britain 1918-1939 /
Drawing on new research, this book uncovers a fascinating but previously neglected chapter in the history of the Labour Party. As Labour was becoming a national force at the end of the First World War, many people believed that the party would be unable to form a majority government unless it won su...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Drawing on new research, this book uncovers a fascinating but previously neglected chapter in the history of the Labour Party. As Labour was becoming a national force at the end of the First World War, many people believed that the party would be unable to form a majority government unless it won support in the countryside. During the 1920s and 30s, Labour embarked on a series of campaigns to take the message of socialism to the farms and villages. Labour and the. Countryside re-examines common perceptions of an antagonism between Labour policies and rural Britain in a timely and illuminating. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 404 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-382) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441607201 144160720X 9780191536977 0191536970 1281154539 9781281154538 |