Britain and Joseph Chamberlain

by Michael Balfour

Overview

First Published in 1985 Britain and Joseph Chamberlain is not simply the first biography of Joseph Chamberlain to be written from a radical standpoint but also an exercise in 'counter -history'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780571298242
Publisher:	Faber and Faber
Publication date:	11/15/2012
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	679
File size:	522 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael Balfour
Michael Balfour (1908-1995) was a writer, historian and public servant. Educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, he held various senior civil servant posts before becoming Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia. He wrote nine books on modern history, three of which are being reissued in Faber Finds, The Kaiser and His Times, Propaganda in War, 1939-1945 and Britain and Joseph Chamberlain.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations Preface 1. The Economic Background 2. The Radical Background 3. ‘Young Joe’: 1836-65 4. ‘Brummagem Joe’: 1865-80 5. ‘Radical Joe’: 1880-85 6. ‘Judas Joe’: 1884-6 7. ‘Pilgrim Joe’: 1886-95 8. ‘Pushful Joe’: 1895-1902 9. ‘Imperial Joe’: 1902-14 10. Conclusion: ‘Joe and his World’ Index