0415226767.Routledge.Fifty.Key.Figures.in.Twentieth.Century.British.Politics.Sep.2002.pdf

FIFTY KEY FIGURES IN

TWENTIETH-CENTURY

BRITISH POLITICS

This accessible guidebook provides a complete overview of the lives

and influence of fifty major figures in modern British political history.

Reflecting the changes within British society and politics over the

past century, the entries chart the development of key contemporary

issues such as women’s rights, immigration and the emergence of

New Labour. Figures covered include:

• Tony Blair

• David Lloyd George

• Barbara Castle

• Emmeline Pankhurst

• Winston Churchill

• Enoch Powell

• John Maynard Keynes

• Margaret Thatcher

With cross-referenced entries and helpful suggestions for further

reading, this book is an essential guide for all those with an interest

in understanding the most prominent issues of modern British politics.

Keith Laybourn is Professor of History at the University of

Huddersfield.

Keith Laybourn

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FIFTY KEY FIGURES

IN TWENTIETH-

CENTURY BRITISH

POLITICS

Keith Laybourn

London and New York

First published 2002

by Routledge

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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

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