Nye : the political life of Aneurin Bevan / Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds ; foreword by Neil Kinnock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas-Symonds, Nicklaus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bevan, Aneurin, 1897-1960.

Bevan, Aneurin.

Politicians--Wales--Biography.

Politicians.

National health services--Great Britain--History.

National health services.

Socialists--Wales--Biography.

Socialists.

History.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.

Wales.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Distribution:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Contents:

Part I Boy to Man, 1897-1919

1 The Welsh Valleys Childhood, 1897-1911 15

2 The South Wales Coalfield, 1911-19 21

Part II The Making of Aneurin Bevan, 1919-34

3 Local Politics, 1919-28 31

4 Monmouthshire County Council and Parliament, 1928-34 52

Part III Establishing Himself on the National Stage, 1934-45

5 London and Jennie Lee 71

6 Working-class Unity, 1935-9 82

7 The Second World War, Part I: 1939-42 93

8 The Second World War, Part II; 1943-5 112

Part IV Cabinet Minister, 1945-51

9 The Labour Governments, 1945-51 123

10 The Creation of the National Health Service 133

11 Bevan's Record on Housing, 1945-51 151

12 Bevan as a Cabinet Minister 162

13 Principles and Personalities 177

14 Resignation 191

Part V In Opposition, 1951-60

15 The Bevanites, 1951-5 205

16 The Pragmatic Bevan, 1955-7 222

17 The Final Years, 1958-60 238.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-301) and index.

ISBN:

9781780762098

1780762097

OCLC:

895271610