At the beginning of the twentieth century England's empire spanned
the globe, its economy was strong, and its political system seemed
immune to the ills that inflicted so many other countries. After a
resounding electoral triumph in 1906, the Liberals formed the
government of the most powerful nation on earth, yet within a few
years the House of Lords lost its absolute veto over legislation,
the Home Rule crisis brought Ireland to the brink of civil war and
led to an army mutiny, the campaign for woman's suffrage created
widespread civil disorder and discredited the legal and penal
systems, and an unprecedented wave of strikes swept the land.
This is a classic account, first published in 1935, of the
dramatic upheaval and political change that overwhelmed England in
the period 1910-1914. Few books of history retain their relevance
and vitality after more than sixty years. The Strange Death of
Liberal England is one of the most important books of the English
past, a prime example that history can be abiding literature. As a
portrait of England enmeshed in the turbulence of new movements,
which often led to violence against the pieties of Liberal England
-- until it was overwhelmed by the greatest violence of all, World
War I -- this extraordinary book has continued to exert a powerful
influence on the way historians have observed early
twentieth-century England.
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