Joseph Chamberlain

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International Statesman, National Leader, Local Icon

ISBN: 1137528842
ISBN 13: 9781137528841
Herausgeber: I Cawood/C Upton
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xvii, 275 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.02.2016
Auflage: 1/2016
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Winston Churchill described Joseph Chamberlain as ‚the man who made the weather‘ for twenty years in British politics between the 1880s and the 1900s. This volume contains contributions on every aspect of Chamberlain’s career, including international and cultural perspectives hitherto ignored by his many biographers. It breaks his career into three aspects: his career as an international statesman, defender of British interests and champion of imperial federation; his role as a national leader, opposing Gladstone’s crusade for Irish home rule by forming an alliance with the Conservatives, campaigning for social reform and finally advocating a protectionist economic policy to promote British business; and the aspect for which he is still celebrated in his adopted city, as the provider of sanitation, gas lighting, clean water and cultural achievement for Birmingham – a model of civic regeneration that still inspires modern politicians such as Michael Heseltine, Tristram Hunt and David Willetts.

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Beschreibung

The career of Joseph Chamberlain continues to fascinate historians of Empire, British politics and Midland identity. This volume is the first attempt to create a multi-faceted study of his unique and innovative career, which left the two major political parties of the age shattered and British politics transformed.

Autorenporträt

Ian Cawood is Reader in Modern History and Head of History at Newman University, UK. He is also Programme Leader for the MA in Victorian Studies and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His most recent book is The Liberal Unionist Party: A History (2012). Chris Upton was Reader in Public History at Newman University, UK, author of A History of Birmingham (1993) and Living Back to Back (2005), among many other scholarly and popular publications. He was a regular columnist for the Birmingham Post and historical consultant for the BBC, the National Trust, the Birmingham Museums Trust, the Guardian and Birmingham City Council. Chris Upton sadly died in October 2015, shortly after completing this book.

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