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Joseph Chamberlain entrepreneur in politics

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven Yale University Press 1997Description: xvii, 725 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780300058017
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.081MAR
Summary: This is the first complete, single-volume biography of Joseph Chamberlain, the Birmingham industrialist who by the beginning of the twentieth century had effectively become the "first minister of the British Empire". Marsh dissects Chamberlain's political career, revealing his unconventional approach to Britain's problems before the first World War and highlighting the discontinuities, in particular his shift from Liberal to Conservative and from free trade to protectionist.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [673]-711) and indexes.

This is the first complete, single-volume biography of Joseph Chamberlain, the Birmingham industrialist who by the beginning of the twentieth century had effectively become the "first minister of the British Empire". Marsh dissects Chamberlain's political career, revealing his unconventional approach to Britain's problems before the first World War and highlighting the discontinuities, in particular his shift from Liberal to Conservative and from free trade to protectionist.

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