Still more adventures with Britannia : personalities, politics and culture in Britain / edited by Wm. Roger Louis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Louis, William Roger, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Civilization--20th century.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

x, 390 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; Austin, Tex. : Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2002.

Summary:

This book brings together the interpretations of outstanding writers on the literature, politics, and history of modern Britain. It deals with a rich variety of themes, some familiar, many unexpected, taking the reader on a highly engaging excursion through British life and intellectual biography. Its scope covers not only the personalities, politics, and culture of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, but also the interaction of British society with other societies throughout the world.

Contents:

1 Pompous and Circumstantial: Elgar and Empire / Bernard Porter 19

2 Joseph Chamberlain: Entrepreneur in Politics / Peter Marsh 33

3 Britain's Vietnam? Lloyd George, Keir Hardie, and the Importance of the "Pro-Boers" / Kenneth O. Morgan 51

4 Jan Smuts, Race, and the South African War / Shula Marks 75

5 Siegfried Sassoon's War / Max Egremont 85

6 Bloomsbury and the Destructive Power of Myth / Craufurd D. Goodwin 99

7 Keynes and Bloomsbury / Noel Annan 113

8 Women's Stake in Democracy: Eleanor Rathbone's Answer to Virginia Woolf / Susan Pedersen 127

9 Harold Nicolson: A Curious and Colorful Life / Norman Rose 145

10 Is Political Biography an Art? / Ben Pimlott 159

11 What Are We to Make of Isaiah Berlin? / Larry Siedentop 175

12 The Projection of Britain in America before the Second World War / F. M. Leventhal 195

13 If Britain had been Defeated by the Nazis, How would History have been Written? / Jose Harris 211

14 Britain and the Creation of the United Nations / Adam Roberts 229

15 British Psephology 1945-2001: Reflections on the Nuffield Election Histories / David Butler 249

16 To Suez with Tears / Keith Kyle 265

17 The Battle for African History / Roland Oliver 285

18 Going Native: Missionaries in India / Jeffrey Cox 299

19 When Caliban Crossed the Atlantic / Gerald Moore 315

20 David Irving and Holocaust Denial / Dan Jacobson 325

21 Britain: Return to the Eighteenth Century? / Ferdinand Mount 335

22 British Studies at The University of Texas, 1975-2002 349.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1860649149

1860649157

OCLC:

53007415