Gladstone, Disraeli &
Later Victorian Politics
3rd edition
By Paul Adelman
Jan 1997
Pearson Education
ISBN: 0582293227
144 pages
$36.50 Paper originalOUT OF PRINT
A major new edition of this introductory survey of the two main political parties, from the rise of the Liberal Party under Gladstone until the period of Conservative domination under Salisbury in the late nineteenth century. As well as assessing the impact of major political landmarks such as the Great Reform Acts, it also describes the nineteenth century political scene.
Contents
PART ONE: THE SETTING
1. Gladstone's Liberal Party.
2. Disraeli's Conservative Party.
PART TWO: THE STRUGGLE
3. Party Organization.
4. The Liberal Crisis.
5. Conservative Domination.
PART THREE: ASSESSMENT.
PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS.
Bibliography.
Index.
Features
" This is the leading introductory text on the subject. First published in 1970 and updated in 1983, the text has been revised again to take into account over 10 years of new scholarship.
" Considers party organization, the influence of leadership and analyses who supported the Liberals and Conservatives and why.
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