ABSTRACT

This is volume 6 of the set ^English Radicalism (1935-1961). Reissuing the epic undertaking of Dr S. Maccoby, these volumes cover the story of English Radicalism from its origins right through to its questionable end. By Combining new sources with the old and often long forgotten, the volumes provide an impressive history of radicalism and shed light on the course of English political development. The six volumes are arranged chronologically from 1762 through to the perceived end of British Radicalism in the mid-twentieth century.

part Book One|1 pages

Before the First World War

chapter Chapter I|23 pages

Before and After 1906

chapter Chapter II|20 pages

Lloyd George and The “People’s Budget’

chapter Chapter III|20 pages

The Years 1910 and 1911

chapter Chapter IV|22 pages

Political Controversy, 1912–13

chapter Chapter V|23 pages

“Progress” in 1914

part Book Two|1 pages

The War Years, 1914–18

chapter Chapter VI|20 pages

Difficult War Years Begin

chapter Chapter VII|22 pages

How Coalition Came, 1915

chapter Chapter VIII|26 pages

Conscription

chapter Chapter IX|22 pages

Lloyd George Supplants Asquith

chapter Chapter X|21 pages

1917

chapter Chapter XI|22 pages

The Winter of 1917–18

chapter Chapter XII|23 pages

Victory

part Book Three|1 pages

Asquith and Lloyd George, 1918–26

chapter Chapter XIII|22 pages

The Coupon Parliament

chapter Chapter XIV|21 pages

1920

chapter Chapter XV|19 pages

1921

chapter Chapter XVI|18 pages

1922

chapter Chapter XVII|20 pages

The Bonar Law Premiership

chapter Chapter XVIII|21 pages

The Labour Government of 1924

chapter Chapter XIX|17 pages

The 1924 Elections

chapter Chapter XX|21 pages

Baldwin, Samuel, and the General Strike

part Book Four|1 pages

The Last Radical Programmes of Lloyd George

chapter Chapter XXI|21 pages

After The General Strike

chapter Chapter XXII|20 pages

“The Liberal Revival”, 1927–8

chapter Chapter XXIII|19 pages

The 1929 Elections

chapter Chapter XXIV|20 pages

Labour’s Second Disaster

chapter Chapter XXV|21 pages

Decline and Fall of Free Trade

chapter Chapter XXVI|23 pages

Failure of the League of Nations

chapter Chapter XXVII|20 pages

Liberty Overseas

chapter Chapter XXVIII|20 pages

Living and Other Standards