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The Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75 / Mark Pitchford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pitchford, Mark, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conservative Party (Great Britain).
- Right and left (Political science)--Great Britain.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-1964.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2011.
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well-documented pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success.
- Contents:
- The shock of opposition, 1945-51
- Consensus Conservatism and extreme-right revival, 1951-57
- Macmillan and Home : 'pink socialism' and 'true-blue' Conservatism, 1957-64
- Edward Heath : a rightwards turn and the coalescence of the extreme right, 1964-70
- 'Heathco' meets the extreme-right's challenge, 1970-75
- Conclusion : keeping it right.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781847797889
- 1847797881
- 9781781702864
- 1781702861
- 9781847794123
- 1847794122
- OCLC:
- 818847536
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