Gladstone and Disraeli

ISBN-13: 9780415323574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 194 str.

Stephen J Lee

Opis

Gladstone and Disraeli surveys the careers of these two influential Prime Ministers. Stephen J. Lee examines how Gladstone and Disraeli became the leaders of different parties and goes on to consider their premierships, analysing many different aspects of the two men. Using a wide variety of sources and historiography, Stephen J. Lee compares and contrasts the beliefs of Gladstone and Disraeli, their effect on the economy, social reform, the Irish problem and parliamentary reform, along with foreign policy.

Spis treści

Introduction.  Outline Chronology  1. Gladstone and Disraeli Before 1868  2. The Ideas of Gladstone and Disraeli  3. Social, Economic and Institutional Reforms  4. Constitutional Reforms  5. Foreign Policy  6. Imperialism and Empire  7. Ireland  8. Gladstone, Disraeli and Their Political Parties

O autorze

Stephen J. Lee is Head of History at Bromsgrove School. His many publications include The European Dictatorships, 1918-1945 (2nd edition, 2000) and in this series, Imperial Germany, 1871-1918 (1998), Hitler and Nazi Germany (1998), The Weimar Republic (1998) and Lenin and Revolutionary Russia (2003).