Synopses & Reviews
Joseph Chamberlain's political career was immense, embracing the campaign for state education, municipal reform, opposition to Irish home rule, social reform, foreign and colonial affairs, and imperial preference. He was a formative influence on the development of party politics in late Victorian and Edwardian England. This bibliography provides the most comprehensive survey to date of primary and secondary material relating to this seminal figure.
The bibliographical references listed in the volume cover every stage and aspect of Chamberlain's controversial career. Editorial comments are designed to assist the student and the researcher. The work also cites key articles detailing Chamberlain's relationship with the press and surveys the abundant political ephemera provoked by his career. In addition, the volume includes a chronology, biographical essay, and indexes. The volume seeks to provide a starting point for historians and other researchers interested in Chamberlain, his politics, and the conflicts his career engendered.
Synopsis
Joseph Chamberlain's political career was immense, embracing the campaign for state education, municipal reform, opposition to Irish home rule, social reform, foreign and colonial affairs, and imperial preference. He was a formative influence on the development of party politics in late Victorian and Edwardian England. This bibliography provides the most comprehensive survey to date of primary and secondary material relating to this seminal figure.
Synopsis
Provides the most comprehensive survey to date of primary and secondary materials relating to a seminal figure in late Victorian and Edwardian England.
About the Author
DILWYN PORTER is Senior Lecturer in History at Worcester College.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Biographical Essay
Chronology
Manuscript and Archival Sources
Personal Writings
Biographies
Political Career
Personal and Professional Life
Historiographical Materials
Iconography
Pamphlets and Ephemera
Contemporary Newspapers
Author Index
Subject Index