Gladstone, a progress in politics / by Peter Stansky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stansky, Peter, 1932-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberal Party (Great Britain).

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.

Gladstone, W. E.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Liberal Party (Great Britain)--Biography.

Political science.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxii, 201 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, [1981]

Summary:

To restore Gladstone to his proper context in that world on the other side of the looking glass, the political world of 'old' or classical liberalism, to set forth what he hoped to achieve, how well he achieved it, and in what respects it was worth achieving---this is a difficult task. But Peter Stansky, in this finely perceptive study, has brilliantly succeeded....Professor Stansky is an expert in late Victorian liberalism. To meet him here as he ranges over the whole Gladstonian saga is a most welcome, a highly stimulating event....A fascinating and judicious book, full of important insights into the liberal past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.

ISBN:

0393000370

9780393000375

OCLC:

6625664