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Dangerfield chortles at the liberals discomfort, growing loss of control, fury at their circumstances but still mocks hilariously the rebellious personally, politically and socially. Nevertheless, dangerfield does show how the emergence of a huge trade union movement rendered liberalism superfluous, and from that point of view, offers an interesting account of how zzlibera1ism died. Its a book about england in the decade immediately preceding the. An incubation period of almost a generation followed, but by the early 1960s the strange death of liberal england, by virtue of its brilliant style and sweeping interpretation, had gained international recognition and set the tone for historiography of the edwardian era. Strange death is a fairly famous work of popular history and a good one. Brilliantly clear, dryly humorous and surprisingly readable, is this lucid, masterly history of political england from 1910 to the outbreak of the war. Commentaries george dangerfield, the strange death of liberal england. In conclusion, it seems that the title of dangerfields book should have been the inevitable death of liberal england. Winter 199798 george dangerfields masterpiece the strange death of liberal england, first published in 1935 in new york and now reissued in paperback by serif, is one of the reasons why so many english people have located our mythical golden age in edwardian times. According to george dangerfield, the strange death of liberal england occurred just before the first war, during asquiths liberal government. Dangerfield writes about the years 1910 to 1914, when the liberal party governed england.
In a period like our own, george dangerfields reissued book on the turbulence and drama of preworldwarone britain is well worth revisiting. For lord david cecil, the sun set on the old order with the death of his prime ministerial grandfather, lord salisbury, in 1903. The strange death of liberal england george dangerfield. The strange death of liberal england isbn 9781597408486. As a portrait of england enmeshed in the turbulence of new movements, which often led to violence against the pieties of liberal englanduntil it was overwhelmed by the greatest violence of all. Dangerfield was a journalist rather than an academic historian and he had an eye both for a good story and for the most effective way to tell it. The strange death of liberal england george dangerfield new. Apr 08, 2005 the strange death of tory england by geoffrey wheatcroft 336pp, allen lane. History, liberal party great britain, liberalism, politics and government, liberal party grandebretagne, liberalisme, grandebretagne, liberalisme, politique et gouvernement. Buy the strange death of liberal england 1 by dangerfield, george isbn. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This is a classic account, first published in 1935, of the dramatic upheaval and political change that overwhelmed england in the period 19101914. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
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Mckibbin in the evolution of the labour party 19101924, oxford university press 1971 says of dangerfields book that it is a literary confection which does not attempt serious analysis pg. The book is as vital, if not more so, as when it was first published. Few books of history retain their relevance and vitality after more than sixty years. Dangerfield weaves together the three wild strands of the irish rebellion the rebellion in ulster, the suffragette movement and the labour movement to produce a vital picture of the state of mind and the most pressing social problems in england at the time. While hundreds of academic monographs have been forgotten, the strange death of liberal england continues as a major influence on how the period is viewed, and scholars and teachers spend considerable energy in coming to terms with the picture of england, in all its richness and complexity, presented in the book. George dangerfields reissued book on the turbulence and drama of preworldwarone britain is well worth revisiting.
The strange death of liberal england is a book written by george dangerfield, first published in 1935, attempting to explain the decline of the british liberal party in the years 1910 to 1914. For lord david cecil, the sun set on the old order with the death of his prime ministerial. How strange was the death of liberal england rufus. The strange death of liberal england isbn 9781597408486 pdf. George dangerfield author of the strange death of liberal.
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