A comprehensive history of the Labour party from one of the
brightest young historians of 20th century Britain. 2024 marks the
centenary of the first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.
What legacy of the past have they left behind? How far has each
Labour administration influenced succeeding administrations? Above
all, was the Attlee government of 1945 really the golden period of
Labour power? Professor Richard Toye explores Labour’s exercise
of power as a continuum, setting Attlee’s administration in
long-term historical context between the first Labour Government of
1924 and the current party under Keir Starmer. Within this context
he shows why the Attlee administration matters so much and how
successive Labour governments have fashioned it in their own image.
Into this story are woven the foundation of the Labour Party in
1900, the First World War, the General Strike of 1926, the Spanish
Civil War and the coalition war-time government under Churchill.
Also discussed are the great names of Labour history: Ramsay
MacDonald, Clement Attlee himself, Ernest Bevin, Aneurin Bevan,
Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Wilson and Ellen Wilkinson. Covering
Labour's history all the way up to the present - including Wilson
and Blair's attempts to wrap themselves in Attlee’s mantle and
Corbyn’s version of Attlee focussed on the NHS and the welfare
state - Age of Hope is an incisive, informative look at a political
party that has been fundamental in shaping modern Britain and will
be equally instrumental in its future.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Continuum
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Authors: |
Richard Toye
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 153mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4729-9230-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4729-9230-X |
| Barcode: |
9781472992307 |
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