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Martin Pugh
Provides an interpretation of the Labour Party’s evolution from its sectional trade union origins to its status as a national governing party. This title challenges many traditional accounts written from…
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An up-to-date synthesis and original interpretation of Lloyd George’s life, personality and political career. This study challenges the traditional view of Lloyd George as an outsider in British politics, explains…
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Bounded by the Great War on one side and by the looming shadow of the Second World War on the other, the inter-war period has characteristically been portrayed as a…
The March of the Women is an analysis of the campaign for women’s suffrage. It offers perspective on the militant and non-militant tactics used by the suffragettes, and shows how…
This is a study of the campaign for women’s suffrage. It challenges the widely-held assumption that the Victorian suffragists underwent a decline during the 1890s, and sets out to prove…
Britain is celebrated for having avoided the extremism, political violence, and instability that blighted many European countries between the two world wars. This book demonstrates the spread of fascist beliefs…
The suffragettes outraged Victorian society, yet behind the protests, arrests and hunger strikes, the personal lives of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters were just as dramatic.
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An eye-opening history of Britain and the Islamic world–a thousand-year relationship that is closer, deeper, and more mutually beneficial than is often recognized
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Intended for students of modern European history, this work includes chapters on: population trends, the international economy, leisure and society, the rise of European feminism, revolutionary movements, and, European imperialism.
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* Third edition of this insightful survey of changes in British politics. * Now extended to cover the politics of the Second World War and the election of 1945. *…
Martine F. Pugh
Monograph on Scottish painter Marj Bond, spanning 50 years of her work. * Will appeal to people interested in Surrealism, Exoticism, Primitivism, Abstract Expressionism and contemporary Scottish art
Martine Pugh
M. Pugh
Professor Martin Pugh (Newcastle University, UK)
‘State and Society’ interprets political and social developments since the late Victorian era, with the relationship between the British state and its citizens as a central theme.
