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- catalog abstract "In the course of the 1920s the Liberal Party disappeared as a serious party of government, though its demise followed hard upon one of its greatest periods of success. For many years historians have struggled to make sense of this strange story. Some see the Party's collapse as the consequence of a deep moral or ideological crisis, a loss of belief in Liberalism as a creed; the impact of the Great War, in particular, is said to have done irreparable damage to its adherents' self-confidence. Other historians think that the Liberals were replaced by Labour as a direct consequence of the growing importance of class divisions though there is no clear agreement about when this important transition took place. Yet another approach is to emphasize matters of accident and individual personality. Would the Liberal Party, for example, have floundered so badly in the 1890s but for Gladstone's sudden adoption of Home Rule? Might Liberalism not perhaps have bounced back in the 1920s but for its leaders' fateful mistake of putting Labour into office in early 1924? The Liberals seem also to have inflicted deep injury on their own Party by the quarrels which rent the leadership in the 1890s and still more by the implacable vendetta waged between the followers of Asquith and Lloyd George after 1916. This book provides a balanced survey of the rich literature which has grown up around this important topic. It introduces readers to the major lines of interpretation and suggests ways in which seemingly divergent accounts might be reconciled.".
- catalog contributor b3807717.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 1901-1936.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "In the course of the 1920s the Liberal Party disappeared as a serious party of government, though its demise followed hard upon one of its greatest periods of success. For many years historians have struggled to make sense of this strange story. Some see the Party's collapse as the consequence of a deep moral or ideological crisis, a loss of belief in Liberalism as a creed; the impact of the Great War, in particular, is said to have done irreparable damage to its adherents' self-confidence. Other historians think that the Liberals were replaced by Labour as a direct consequence of the growing importance of class divisions though there is no clear agreement about when this important transition took place. Yet another approach is to emphasize matters of accident and individual personality. Would the Liberal Party, for example, have floundered so badly in the 1890s but for Gladstone's sudden adoption of Home Rule? Might Liberalism not perhaps have bounced back in the 1920s but for its leaders' fateful mistake of putting Labour into office in early 1924? The Liberals seem also to have inflicted deep injury on their own Party by the quarrels which rent the leadership in the 1890s and still more by the implacable vendetta waged between the followers of Asquith and Lloyd George after 1916. This book provides a balanced survey of the rich literature which has grown up around this important topic. It introduces readers to the major lines of interpretation and suggests ways in which seemingly divergent accounts might be reconciled.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-228) and index.".
- catalog extent "vi, 234 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0333559150".
- catalog isPartOf "British history in perspective (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Basingstoke : Macmillan,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 1837-1901.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 1901-1936.".
- catalog subject "324.24106/09 20".
- catalog subject "JN1129.L45 S43 1992".
- catalog subject "Liberal Party (Great Britain) History.".
- catalog title "The Liberal Party : triumph and disintegration, 1886-1929 / G.R. Searle.".
- catalog type "text".