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A history of the British Labour Party / Andrew Thorpe (professor of modern British history, University of Exeter, UK).

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: British studies seriesPublication details: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.Edition: 4th edDescription: x, 412 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781137409836 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  • 9781137409829 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Other title:
  • History of the British Labor Party
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.2410709
LOC classification:
  • JN 1129 T518h 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Creation and Early Years, 1900-1914 -- The Surge to Second-Party Status, 1914-1922 -- Progress and Collapse, 1922-1931 -- Remaking the Party, 1931-1939 -- The Impact of the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The Attlee Governments, 1945-1951 -- Searching for a New Direction, 1951-1964 -- Wilson in Power, 1964-1970 -- Labour in Crisis, 1970-1979 -- Down and Out, 1979-1987 -- Modernization and New Labour, 1987-1997 -- New Labour in Power, 1997-2007 -- Moving Beyond Blair, 2007-2015 -- Conclusion -- Appendices.
Scope and content: "Thorpe's book has established itself as the best single-volume study of the whole of the Labour Party's history. Now updated in the light of recent debates, this fourth edition brings the story up to the present with a new final chapter on the Brown and Milliband years"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JN 1129 T518h 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000115367

"Thorpe's book has established itself as the best single-volume study of the whole of the Labour Party's history. Now updated in the light of recent debates, this fourth edition brings the story up to the present with a new final chapter on the Brown and Milliband years"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creation and Early Years, 1900-1914 -- The Surge to Second-Party Status, 1914-1922 -- Progress and Collapse, 1922-1931 -- Remaking the Party, 1931-1939 -- The Impact of the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The Attlee Governments, 1945-1951 -- Searching for a New Direction, 1951-1964 -- Wilson in Power, 1964-1970 -- Labour in Crisis, 1970-1979 -- Down and Out, 1979-1987 -- Modernization and New Labour, 1987-1997 -- New Labour in Power, 1997-2007 -- Moving Beyond Blair, 2007-2015 -- Conclusion -- Appendices.

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