Sir John Brunner - Radical Plutocrat 1842-1919

Zusammenfassung Sir John Brunner! the son of a Swiss schoolmaster who settled in England! was co-founder of Brunner! Mond and Company! one of the great English chemical firms of the nineteenth century and the predecessor of ICI. Always interested in politics! Brunner entered Parliament after his industrial activities had already won for him a reputation as the `Chemical Croesus'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A nonconformist youth; 2. Captain of industry; 3. Chamberlain man; 4. A brief and troubled Parliament; 5. The Northwich by-election, 1887; 6. Remember Mitchelstown; 7. The socialist challenge; 8. From Gladstone to Campbell-Bannerman; 9. Reaction and revival; 10. Peace, retrenchment and reform; 11. Keeper of the faith; 12. The death of a Liberal.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen E. Koss, Stephen E. (Columbia University) Koss, Koss Stephen E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521085649
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08564-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Conference on British Studies; Conference on British Studies Biographical Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: business & industry, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business, Biography: business and industry, Biography: historical, political and military