Imperial Defence

by Charles Wentworth Dilke and Spenser Wilkinson

Book Overview

The liberal Radical MP Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843-1911) campaigned for (among many other causes) votes for women and labourers, legalisation of trade unions, and universal education. His republican sentiments damaged his political reputation, and earned him the hostility of Queen Victoria. However, despite his views on the monarchy he was an imperialist, and his early work, Greater Britain (1868; also available in this series), was widely read...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108044735
• ISBN13: 9781108044738
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"