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Informationen zum Autor Ian Cawood is Head of History at Newman University College! Birmingham. He holds a PhD from University of Leicester. He is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement and his previous publications include The First World War and Britain in the Twentieth Century. The issues which this book explores are central to an understanding of the development of the twentieth century Conservative party, the emergence of a 'national' political culture, and the problems, both organisational and ideological, of a sustained period of coalition in the British parliamentary system. Zusammenfassung The issues which this book explores are central to an understanding of the development of the twentieth century Conservative party, the emergence of a 'national' political culture, and the problems, both organisational and ideological, of a sustained period of coalition in the British parliamentary system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: ‘Dagon must be thrown down’ The Origins of the Liberal Unionist party Chapter 2: Whiggery or Socialism? The Ideology of Liberal Unionism Chapter 3: 'Yeast to leaven the Tory lump’ The Unionist Alliance Chapter 4: Party Organisation - Cave or Caucus? Chapter 5: Liberal Unionism and the electorate - ‘A Farce and a Fraud’? Chapter 6: ‘Strangled by its own parent’, The Strange Death of Liberal Unionism - 1895-1912 Conclusion: Who were the Liberal Unionists?
