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1 online resource (xv, 404 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Oxford historical monographs
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Oxford historical monographs.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-382) and index. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: An Electoral Problem; Ludlow, April 1923; 'A Thing of the Town'; 'The Key to Power': Electoral Arithmetic; Defining 'Rural' Constituencies; I. POLITICAL LANDSCAPES; II. THE RURAL LABOUR MOVEMENT; III. PLANNING THE FUTURE; Conclusion: Reclaiming the Ground?; Brecon and Radnor, August 1939; Socialism in the Villages?; The Electoral Record; The Country Road to 1945; An Epilogue: Ludlow, June 2001; Appendix A. Labour's 'rural' constituencies; Appendix B. The rural campaigns. |
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Appendix C. Labour victories in rural seats, 1918-1945Appendix D. Biographies; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Drawing on new research, this book uncovers a fascinating but previously neglected chapter in the history of the Labour Party. As Labour was becoming a national force at the end of the First World War, many people believed that the party would be unable to form a majority government unless it won support in the countryside. During the 1920s and 30s, Labour embarked on a series of campaigns to take the message of socialism to the farms and villages. Labour and the. Countryside re-examines common perceptions of an antagonism between Labour policies and rural Britain in a timely and illuminating. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Labour Party (Great Britain)
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Labour Party (Great Britain) |
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Labour Party (Great Britain) |
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Country life -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
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Country life -- Political aspects. |
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Great Britain. |
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Country life. |
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Great Britain -- Rural conditions -- 20th century.
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Rural conditions. |
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20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Labor and the countryside |
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Print version: Griffiths, Clare V.J. Labour and the countryside. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199287437 0199287430 (DLC) 2007020925 (OCoLC)137325102 |
| ISBN |
9781441607201 (electronic book) |
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144160720X (electronic book) |
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9780191536977 (electronic book) |
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0191536970 (electronic book) |
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1281154539 |
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9781281154538 |
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9780199287437 (alkaline paper) |
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0199287430 (alkaline paper) |
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