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  • av James Thomas
    696 - 1 830,-

    This book traces the relationship between the popular press and the Labour Party from the early 20th Century through World War II and up to the current day.

  • av Adam Richardson
    1 826,-

    This book examines the career of Sir Orme Sargent, one of the most important and distinguished British diplomats of the twentieth century.

  • av Brock Millman
    730 - 2 116,-

  • - Huguenots, Jews and Bangladeshis in Spitalfields 1666-2000
    av UK) Kershen & Anne (Queen Mary University of London
    696 - 2 320,-

    Exploring the dynamics that drive the processes of immigrant settlement and assimilation, this book looks at whether these are the outcome of the temporal setting, cultural background, and the socio-economic and political conditions, or whether there are factors, which are constant features in the symbiosis between the outsider and the insider.

  • - Disraeli's Awkward Disciple
    av Archie Hunter
    696 - 1 830,-

    This is the first book to tell the story of one of the most contentious figures in Victorian and Edwardian politics: that of the independent-minded and exceptionally able Conservative politician, Sir John Eldon Gorst.

  • - The Foreign Office Diaries and Papers of Kenneth Younger, February 1950-October 1951
     
    400,-

    The Schuman plan, the Korean War, German Re-armament, the Japanese Peace Treaty and the Abadan Crisis seen through the eyes of the Younger.

  • - The Conservatives and the Public since the 1880s
     
    780,-

    These contributions identify the key arguments used to coax voters, whose natural sympathies might gravitate to the left, to vote for the Conservative Party en masse.

  • - Aneurin Bevan and the Medical Lords
    av Marvin Rintala
    840 - 2 140,-

    The origins of the NHS are the subject of this study that presents evidence on the key players who participated in the founding of the system.

  • - Harold Wilson and Britain's World Role, 1964-1967
    av Helen (Keele University Parr
    1 830,-

    This book examines the development of Harold Wilson's ambiguous policy towards the European Community within the context of Britain's shift from a global to a regional power.

  • - Middle England/Edge City
    av Mark Clapson
    840 - 2 550,-

    This book discusses the prejudices that have distorted understandings of the city of Milton Keynes and focuses upon the original thinking that went into the planning of Milton Keynes.

  • av Patrick Bell
    696 - 1 970,-

    This book shows how the Labour Party responded to electoral defeat in 1970 and to what extent its political and policy activity in opposition was directed to the recovery of power at the following general election.

  • av Harry Defries
    840 - 2 036,-

    This work examines the attitudes of the Conservative Party towards Jews in Britain, Palestine and elsewhere from 1900-1948.

  • av Michael (Liverpool University) Hughes
    1 830,-

    This book examines the careers of the men who served as British Foreign Secretary between 1919 and 1939, focusing in particular on the ways in which they sought to mould foreign policy.

  • - The Conservatives and the Public since the 1880s
     
    1 830,-

    These contributions identify the key arguments used to coax voters, whose natural sympathies might gravitate to the left, to vote for the Conservative Party en masse.

  • - Debates in Twentieth-Century Britain
     
    760,-

    This collection takes as its subject how and why the British constitution developed during the course of the 20th century.

  • - Scrutinising the Official Mind
    av Frank Heinlein
    726 - 1 830,-

    This is a study of the views held by British policy-makers on the Empire-Commonwealth from 1945 to 1963.

  • - Legacy and Assessment
     
    1 756,-

    This volume looks at Britain since 1948 ¿ the year when the Empire Windrush brought a group of 492 hopeful Caribbean immigrants to the United Kingdom. "Post-war Britain" may still be the most common label attached to studies in contemporary British history, but "post-Windrush Britain" has an explanatory power which is equally useful.

  • - Beeching's Last Trains
    av uk, Queen Mary University of London) Loft & Charles (formerly University of Huddersfield
    696 - 1 966,-

    Examines why the nationalized railways were in such dire financial straits by 1963, how government work on future transport needs led to conclusions which would have cut Britain's railways down by thousands of miles, and, what difficulties eventually halted attempts by Conservative and Labour governments to implement these cuts.

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    606,-

    This volume explores different facets of the pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization: from the postwar years to the 21st-century.

  • - Beyond Suez
    av Orna Almog
    350 - 570,-

    This volume examines the Anglo-Israeli relationship from early 1956 to the summer of 1958, against the wider background of the Cold War, rivalry of the superpowers and the upheavals in the Middle East.

  • - The Economic Diplomacy of an Unspecial Relationship, 1917-45
    av UK) Self & Robert (London Metropolitan University
    800 - 2 116,-

    Based upon research in archival material on both sides of the Atlantic, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of the war debt problem from its origins at the end of the First World War until its final removal with the launch of Roosevelt's Lend-Lease programme in 1940-41. It is useful for diplomats, journalists, students and scholars.

  • - King Hussein, Nasser and the Middle East Crisis, 1955-1958
    av UK) Blackwell & Stephen (Royal United Services Institute
    750 - 1 966,-

    Examines why the government led by Harold Macmillan remained ready to use force to prop up the regime of King Hussein even though the United States had emerged as the main Western power in the Middle East after 1956. This work gives insights into the origins of the Anglo-American use of military power to protect their interests in the Middle East.

  • - An Enemy Embrace
    av Johannes-Dieter Steinert & Inge Weber-Newth
    676 - 2 190,-

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    1 966,-

    Dealing with the 1964-1970 labour governments of Britain, this book analyzes the policies and intra-party debates of the era and its problems. It covers economic policies, foreign affairs, social reform, liberalism, constitutional reform and territorial management, and is useful for researchers and students of politics and government.

  • av Professor Keith Neilson & Thomas G. Otte
    670 - 1 830,-

    Chief among the personnel at the Foreign Office is the Permanent Under-secretary, the senior civil servant who oversees the department and advises the Foreign Secretary. This book is a study of the twelve men who held this office from 1854 to 1946.

  • av Brock Millman
    780 - 2 036,-

    The author argues that the way the British Government managed dissent during World War I is important for understanding the way that the war ended.

  • - Concepts of Europe and the Nation
    av Atsuko Ichijo
    656 - 1 830,-

    Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Europe offers fresh insights into the 'pro-European' dimension of Scottish nationalism and its implications for the UK.

  • - Empire, Commonwealth and Modern Britain
    av Rieko Karatani
    1 010 - 1 966,-

    This title explains the immigration and citizenship policies in Britain that repeatedly postponed the creation of British citizenship until 1981.

  • - Last Outpost of a Middle East Empire
    av Spencer Mawby
    836 - 2 450,-

    Presents an account of the confrontation between Britain and President Nasser of Egypt over the Colony of Aden and the surrounding protected states, prior to British withdrawal in 1967. This book demonstrates the manner in which the rise and fall of British imperialism was telescoped into a short period in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

  • - A Bureau Biography
    av Prof. Richard A. Chapman
    696 - 1 970,-

    This book is a history and analysis of the government department most important in the development of the unified Civil Service in the United Kingdom.

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