Age of Upheaval - Edwardian Politics, 1899-1914

Informationen zum Autor David Brooks is a poet, novelist, short fiction writer and essayist. He has taught literature at various Australian universities and is honorary associate professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney. Klappentext A study of one of the most intense and formative periods of modern political history. The years 1899-1914 witnessed a fundamental challenge to many Victorian values and institutions: Free Trade, the new Poor Law, the House of Lords, the Irish Union - all were under attack, while organized labour and the feminist movement displayed an unprecedented assertiveness and aggression. Inhaltsverzeichnis War and politics! 1899-1902; Unionist debacle! 1902-1905; new Liberalism for old?! 1906-1910; challenge to the constitution! 1910-1914.

Product details

• Authors: David Brooks, BROOKS DAVID
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1995
• EAN: 9780719036965
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-3696-5
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: New Frontiers in History (Pape
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education