The Conservatives and British Society, 1880-1990

Edited by Martin Francis and Ina Zweniger-Bargielowska

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The Conservatives and British Society, 1880-1990

Edited by Martin Francis and Ina Zweniger-Bargielowska

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342 pages | 8 2/5 x 5 3/5

History: British and Irish History

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“. . . there is much to recommend this volume . . . It is a book that should find its place on the shelf of any university library.” –Contemporary British History

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“ . . . skilfully edited . . .” –Planet

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Table of Contents

Martin Francis and Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Introduction

PART ONE

Ideology

Jeremy Smith, Conservative Ideology and Representations of the Union with Ireland 1885-1914

Ian Packet, The Conservatives and the Ideology of Landownership 1910þ1914

Martin Francis, `Set the People Free’? Conservatives and the State 1920-1960

Mark Garnett and Lord Gilmour, Thatcherism and the Conservative Tradition

PART TWO

Identity

Felix Aubel, The Conservatives in Wales 1880-1935

Richard Finlay, Scottish Conservatism and Unionism since 1918

Sian Nicholas, The Construction of National Identity

Stanley Baldwin, `Englishness’ and the Mass Media in Interwar Britain

Stephen Brooke, The Conservative Party, Immigration, and National Identity 1948-1968

PART THREE
Gender

David Jarvis, The Conservative Party and the Politics of Gender 1900-1939

Ina Zweiniger- Bargielowska, Explaining the Gender Gap: The Conservative Party and the Women’s Vote 1945-1964

PART FOUR
Policy

Ewen Green, The Conservative Party, the State and Social Policy 1880-1914

Harriet Jones, The Cold War and the Santa Claus Syndrome: Dilemmas in Conservative Social Policy-Making 1945-1957

Rodney Lowe, The Replanning of the Welfare State 1957-1964

Jim Tomlinson, `Liberty with Order’: Conservative Economic Policy 1951þ1964

Martin Daunton, `A Kind of Tax Prison’: Rethinking Conservative Taxation Policy 1960-1970

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