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George Herbert Perris, 1866-1920 : the life and times of a radical / Robert Gomme.
Van Pelt Library DA566.9.P38 G65 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gomme, Robert, 1930-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perris, G. H. (George Herbert), 1866-1920.
- Perris, G. H.
- Pamphleteers.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Edward VII, 1901-1910--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Biography.
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Biography.
- Pamphleteers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Journalists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Radicals--Great Britain--Biography.
- Radicals.
- World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Perris, George Herbert.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1936.
- Local Subjects:
- Perris, George Herbert.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1936.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : P. Lang, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. Family and Early Life 25
- 2. The Street of Ink 1888-1896 39
- Courtship and Marriage 40
- Early Years in London 42
- Ethicism 44
- Journalism 46
- Ford Madox Hueffer 49
- The Speaker 51
- Russia 55
- The Rainbow Circle 74
- Armenia 80
- The Cemented Bricks 88
- 3. Peace, Free Trade and Russia 1896-1904 95
- Increased Armaments Protest Committee 95
- Concord 104
- The Peace Movement 108
- The Ethical World 112
- The First Hague Peace Conference 119
- The South African War 126
- The Museum of War and Peace 134
- Visit to USA 136
- The Cobden Club 138
- Personal Circumstances 146
- 4. The Literary Agency of London 1899-1916 149
- 5. The Tribune, Russia and Socialism 1904-1908 163
- Concord, Anglo-French Entente and the Peace Movement 163
- Tolstoy and Tolstoyism 165
- Bloody Sunday and Father Gapon 171
- The Moroccan Crisis 181
- The Tribune 186
- The Anglo-Russian Agreement 203
- The Second Hague Peace Conference 205
- Campbell-Bannerman 213
- Resignation from the Liberal Party 214
- London Universal Peace Congress, 1908 217
- Tolstoy's Eightieth Birthday Celebrations 222
- 6. The Home University Library 1910-1914 225
- 7. The Road to Hell 1908-1914 243
- The Daily News 243
- Russia: Persia, the Russian Committee and Finland 245
- Death of Tolstoy 249
- Turkey and the Balkan Wars 250
- The Arms Race 255
- Relations with Germany 259
- Germany and the German Emperor 262
- Britain's Foreign Policy 265
- Armaments Manufacturers 267
- Outbreak of War 271
- 8. The War and its Aftermath 1914-1920 273
- Attitude to the War 273
- Reporting the War 282
- Personal Circumstances 293
- Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles 296
- The Grey Mission 297
- League of Nations 299
- Death and Funeral 300
- Assessment 304.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820458740
- 3906769623
- OCLC:
- 51437954
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