A history of the British Labour Party / Andrew Thorpe.
By: Thorpe, Andrew [author.]
Series: British studies series: Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Edition: Fourth editionDescription: x, 412 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137409836; 9781137409829Subject(s): Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1936 | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945 | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-DDC classification: 324.2410709 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 324.2410709 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 012316 |
Previous edition: 2008.
Creation and Early Years, 1900-1914 -- The Surge to Second-Party Status, 1914-1922 -- Progress and Collapse, 1922-1931 -- Remaking the Party, 1931-1939 -- The Impact of the Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The Attlee Governments, 1945-1951 -- Searching for a New Direction, 1951-1964 -- Wilson in Power, 1964-1970 -- Labour in Crisis, 1970-1979 -- Down and Out, 1979-1987 -- Modernization and New Labour, 1987-1997 -- New Labour in Power, 1997-2007 -- Moving Beyond Blair, 2007-2015 -- Conclusion -- Appendices.
"Thorpe's book has established itself as the best single-volume study of the whole of the Labour Party's history. Now updated in the light of recent debates, this fourth edition brings the story up to the present with a new final chapter on the Brown and Milliband years"-- Provided by publisher.