Conservatism for the democratic age : Conservative cultures and the challenge of mass politics in early twentieth century England.
This book offers a new interpretation of the Conservative party's revival and adaptation to democratic politics in the early twentieth century. New insights are provided into how the Conservatives met the challenges provided by class, gender and regional identities and the means by which the pa...
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Manchester University Press,
2016
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Table of Contents:
- Conservatism for the democratic age: Conservative cultures and the challenge of mass politics in early twentieth-century England; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Note on the text; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: politics in a democratic age; PART I: Edwardian politics; 1. Responding to the Edwardian crisis of Unionism; 2. The working man's pint and the housewife's budget; 3. The challenge of class politics; 4. Cultures of Unionism; PART II: The First World War; 5. Rowdiness and respectability.
- 6. Labour, civic associations and the new democracy7. 'Country before party'; PART III: From the Armistice to Baldwin; 8. The peaceable man and the prudent housewife; 9. The multiple identities of anti-socialism; 10. Baldwin's party?; Conclusion; Biographical appendix; Bibliography; Index.
