David Thackeray

Conservatism for the democratic age (eBook, ePUB)

Conservative cultures and the challenge of mass politics in early twentieth century England

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new interpretation of the Conservative party's revival and adaptation to democratic politics in the early twentieth century. We cannot appreciate the Conservatives' unique success in British politics without exploring the dramatic cultural transformation which occurred within the party during the early decades of the century. This was a seminal period in which key features of the modern Conservative party emerged: a mass women's organisation, a focus on addressing the voter as a consumer, targeted electioneering strategies, and the use of modern media to speak to a mass audience. This book provides the first substantial attempt to assess the Conservatives' adaptation to democracy across the early twentieth century from a cultural perspective and will appeal to academics and students with an interest in the history of political communication, gender and class in modern Britain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zando
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526110763
• Artikelnr.: 48795446

Autorenporträt

David Thackeray is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Exeter

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Politics in a democratic age Edwardian politics 1. Responding
to the Edwardian crisis of Unionism 2. The working man's pint and the
housewife's budget 3. The challenge of class politics 4. Cultures of
Unionism The First World War 5. Rowdiness and respectability 6. Labour,
civic associations and the new democracy 7. 'Country before party' From the
Armistice to Baldwin 8. The peaceable man and the prudent housewife 9. The
multiple identities of anti-socialism 10. Baldwin's party? Conclusion
Biographical Appendix Bibliography