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Clement Attlee : the man who made modern Britain
- Title
- Clement Attlee : the man who made modern Britain / John Bew.
- Author
- Bew, John
- Publication
- New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Bew, John.
- Description
- xviii, 670 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-648) and index.
- Contents
- Part One. Patriot, citizen, soldier, 1889-1918 -- Introduction: the red flag -- 'With apologies to Rudyard Kipling' -- News from nowhere -- The soldier -- Part Two. The making of a politician, 1918-1931 -- Looking backward -- Building Jerusalem -- Fame is the spur -- Part Three. Albion's troubles, 1931-1940 -- The Bullion family -- The anti-Cromwell -- The Major Attlee company and the clenched-fist salute -- A word to Winston -- Part Four. Finest hour, 1940-1945 -- All behind you, Winston -- The hunting of the snark -- The invisible man -- Part Five. New Jerusalem, New Deal, 1945-1947 -- To hope till hope creates -- English traits, American problems -- The British New Deal -- Empire into commonwealth -- Part Six. After New Jerusalem, 1948-1955 -- In Barchester all is not well -- Taxis, teeth and hospital beds -- The pilgrim's progress -- Part Seven. Mission's end, 1955-1967 -- Few thought he was even a starter -- Epilogue: the promised land.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-5282
- ISBN
- 9780190203405
- 0190203404
- LCCN
- 2016033778
- OCLC
- 982012398
- Author
- Bew, John, author.
- Title
- Clement Attlee : the man who made modern Britain / John Bew.
- Publisher
- New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-648) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1945-1964
- Added Author
- Related to: Bew, John. Citizen Clem.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-5282