Labour and the countryside : the politics of rural Britain 1918-1939 /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griffiths, Clare V. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Colección:Oxford historical monographs.
Temas:
Labour Party (Great Britain)
1900-1999
Country life > Political aspects > Great Britain.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
Country life > Political aspects
Rural conditions
Labour Party (Groot-Brittannië)
Agrarisch beleid.
Great Britain > Rural conditions > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions rurales > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: An Electoral Problem; Ludlow, April 1923; 'A Thing of the Town'; 'The Key to Power': Electoral Arithmetic; Defining 'Rural' Constituencies; I. POLITICAL LANDSCAPES; II. THE RURAL LABOUR MOVEMENT; III. PLANNING THE FUTURE; Conclusion: Reclaiming the Ground?; Brecon and Radnor, August 1939; Socialism in the Villages?; The Electoral Record; The Country Road to 1945; An Epilogue: Ludlow, June 2001; Appendix A. Labour's 'rural' constituencies; Appendix B. The rural campaigns.
  • Appendix C. Labour victories in rural seats, 1918-1945Appendix D. Biographies; Bibliography; Index.

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