Lancashire and the New Liberalism

by P.F. Clarke

Book Overview

Why was there a Liberal Government in Britain from 1905 until the First World War? And why was the Liberal party replaced by the Labour party so shortly afterwards? These are the kinds of problems which Dr Clarke examines in his study of the Liberal revival in Lancashire. The vote in north-west England was largely responsible for bringing the Liberal Government into power and for maintaining its position, but it also produced almost half the new Labour...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521035570
• ISBN13: 9780521035576
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"