Title The Strange Death of Liberal England, 1910-1914 / George Dangerfield ; with a new introduction by David Marsland

Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (464 pages) Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Foreword; Part I Their Lordships Die in the Dark May, 1910-August, 1925; I. The Comet; II. The Liberals, 1906-1910; III. Their Lordships Die in the Dark; Part II Hubris 1911-1913; I. Animula Vagula ... -- II. The Tory Rebellion; III. The Women's Rebellion; IV. The Workers' Rebellion; Part III The Crisis January-August, 1928; I. Mutiny at the Curragh; II. The Guns of Larne; III. The Pankhursts Provide a Clew; IV. The Triple Alliance; V. Sarajevo VI . Buckingham Palace to Bachelor's WalkEpilogue The Lofty Shade; Bibliography; Index Summary "This book focuses on the chaos that overtook England on the eve of the First World War. Dangerfield weaves together the three wild strands of the Irish Rebellion (the rebellion in Ulster), the Suffragette Movement and the Labour Movement to produce a vital picture of the state of mind and the most pressing social problems in England at the time. The country was preparing even then for its entrance into the twentieth century and total war. Dangerfield argues that between the death of Edward VII and the First World War there was a considerable hiatus in English history. He states that 1910 was a landmark year in English history. In 1910 the English spirit flared up, so that by the end of 1913 Liberal England was reduced to ashes. From these ashes, a new England emerged in which the true prewar Liberalism was supported by free trade, a majority in Parliament, the Ten Commandments, but the illusion of progress vanished. That extravagant behavior of the postwar decade, Dangerfield notes, had begun before the war. The war hastened everything - in politics, in economics, in behavior - but it started nothing. George Dangerfield's wonderfully written 1935 book has been extraordinarily influential. Scarcely any important analyst of modern Britain has failed to cite it and to make use of the understanding Dangerfield provides. This edition is timely, since the year 2010 has seen a definitive resurrection of Liberal power. Subsequent to the General Election of July 2010 the government of the United Kingdom has been in the hands of a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition. The Deputy Prime Minister is the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party - the direct successor of the old Liberal Party examined by Dangerfield. Five Liberal Democrat members of Parliament were appointed to the Cabinet and there are Liberal Democrat ministers in all governmental departments. After decades of absence from government power, Liberalism seems to be back with a vengeance."--Provided by publisher Notes Print version record Subject Liberal Party (Great Britain) SUBJECT Liberal Party (Great Britain) fast Subject Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Liberalism Politics and government SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056918 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351473262 1351473263 9781315135212 1315135213

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