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1 online resource (vi, 344 pages) |
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Anthem perspectives in history |
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Anthem perspectives in history.
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| Contents |
Front Matter; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapters; 1. Gladstone and Disraeli to 1851 ; 1.1 Why Did Gladstone Go from High Tory to Reforming Peelite? ; 1.2 What Motivated Disraeli's Opposition to Peel in the 1840s? ; 2. Gladstone and Disraeli to 1865 |
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2.1 Why Did Gladstone Join Palmerston's Liberal Government in 1859? 2.2 How Effective a Chancellor of the Exchequer Was Gladstone? ; 2.3 How Effective an Opposition Leader Was Disraeli? ; 3. Why Did Disraeli Oversee the Passage of Such a Radical Reform Act in 1867? |
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3.1 Why Did Disraeli Oversee the Passage of Such a Radical Reform Act in 1867? 4. Gladstone in and out of Power 1868-1874 ; 4.1 How Successful Was Gladstone's First Administration? ; 4.2 Why Did Gladstone Lose the 1874 Election? ; 5. Gladstone versus Disraeli 1874-1880 |
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5.1 Was Disraeli a Serious Social Reformer? 5.2 How Far Was Disraeli an Imperialist? ; 5.3 Why Did Gladstone Take Up the Balkan Agitation in 1876? ; 6. Gladstone Alone 1880-1885 ; 6.1 Why Did Gladstone Intervene in Egypt? |
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6.2 Was Gladstone a Unifying or a Divisive Figure in the Liberal Party? 7. Gladstone and Ireland ; 7.1 Gladstone and Irish Church Disestablishment ; 7.2 Why Did Gladstone Pursue Irish Home Rule? ; 7.3 Why Did Gladstone's 1886 Home Rule Bill Fail? |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the lively historical controversies surrounding the political careers of Gladstone and Disraeli. Organised thematically around the most contested areas of interpretation, it offers a unique insight into the politics of Victorian England |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-333) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881.
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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 fast |
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Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 fast |
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Disraeli, Benjamin 1804-1881 gnd |
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Gladstone, William Ewart 1809-1898 gnd |
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Historiography
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Politics and government
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Prime ministers
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056914
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Historiography
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1783085290 |
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9781783085293 |
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9781783085309 |
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1783085304 |
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