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Richard Crossman : a reforming radical of the Labour Party / Victoria Honeyman.
Van Pelt Library DA591.C76 H66 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Honeyman, Victoria.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crossman, R. H. S. (Richard Howard Stafford), 1907-1974.
- Crossman, R. H. S.
- Politicians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 207 pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : I. B. Tauris, 2007.
- Contents:
- Methodology 2
- Definition of Biography 3
- Theakston's Categories of Biographical Studies 4
- The Subject of Biography 7
- The Individual as Representative of a Group 9
- The Role of Diaries 10
- The Methodology of this Biography 14
- The Early Years 17
- New College, Oxford 18
- Germany 19
- Zita Baker and Crossman's Political Beginnings 19
- Psychological Warrior and Crossman's Entry into the House of Commons 21
- Palestine and Zionism 21
- The Keep Left Group and the Bevanites 24
- Gaitskell's Leadership 27
- Wilson as Party Leader 28
- Crossman as Minister 29
- Life After Government 31
- 3 Crossman, Socialism and Social Democracy 34
- The Attlee Government 37
- Crossman, Wilson and the Bevanites 38
- The Revisionists 45
- Economic Planning 47
- Nationalisation 50
- Liberty and Personal Freedom 54
- The Impact of the USSR 56
- The 'White Heat' of Technology 59
- 4 Crossman and Foreign Policy 63
- Labour Party Approaches to Foreign Policy 65
- Israel and Palestine 68
- The Cold War and the Third Force 75
- Germany and Europe 80
- Nuclear Weapons 87
- 5 Crossman and the Constitution 95
- Labour Party Thinking on Constitutional Reform 97
- The Civil Service 105
- Prime Ministerial Government 116
- The Role of the Party 120
- House of Lords Reform 1966-68 123
- Parliamentary Reform 126
- The Monarchy 129
- Socialism and Social Democracy 133
- Foreign Policy 138
- Constitutional Reform 141
- Intellectuals in Politics 146
- Crossman's Traits 156
- Crossman's Legacy 159.
- ISBN:
- 9781845115531
- 1845115538
- OCLC:
- 145554075
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