Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930 - Historiography and Annotated Bibliography

A world-renowned British stateman, Arthur James Balfour is best known as Prime Minister and signer of the Balfour Declaration, calling for a national home for Jews in Palestine. Less well known are his initiatives in creating a structure for strategic planning, preparation for, and fighting a war, the Committee of Imperial Defence, and chairing the committee which articulated the basis for the constitution of the British Commonwealth of Nations. This book provides the most extensive survey of the literature by and about Balfour.

The first section of the book, a historiographical narrative, surveys the important literature, integrating historical and biographical events, criticisms, evaluations, and observations of reviewers along with those of the writer. It surveys books, monographs, official histories, government publications, memoirs, diaries, dissertations, bibliographies, pertinent articles from journals, collections of unpublished papers, manuscript collections, and archival and research holdings. The second section provides an annotated bibliography of the 500 items discussed in the historiographical narrative.

Sommario

Historiographical Narrative
Introduction and Biographical Essay
Sources, Reference Works, and Histories
Biographies and Personal Matters
Philosophy and Education
Parliament
The Party and the Press
The Balfour Declaration
Defense, Empire, and Diplomacy
Assessments and Areas for Future Research
Annotated Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

Info autore

EUGENE L. RASOR taught British and European History at Emory and Henry College for 33 years, retiring in 1997.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eugene L. Rasor, Rasor Eugene L.
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.1998
• EAN: 9780313288777
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28877-7
• Serie: Bibliographies of British Statesmen
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th Century, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, world history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: historical, political and military, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Bibliographies, catalogues