Labour in Power, 1945-1951
Title | Labour in Power, 1945-1951 PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth O. Morgan |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Based on a vast range of previously unpublished material, this book is the only detailed and comprehensive account of the policies, programs, and personalities of the powerful and influential Attlee government. Morgan provides in-depth portraits of key figures of the period and compares Britain during these years with other postwar European nations.
Ideas and Policies Under Labour, 1945-1951
Title | Ideas and Policies Under Labour, 1945-1951 PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Francis |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9780719048333 |
Francis examines the relationship between socialist ideas and the policies of the 1945-51 Labour government, insisting that Labour ministers applied specifically socialist precepts to the exercise of power during this period.
The Labour Governments, 1945–51
Title | The Labour Governments, 1945–51 PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Pelling |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 1984-05-03 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1349174319 |
This book, by the author of the best-seller 'Winston Churchill' , is a concise reassessment of the first postwar British Governments based upon original sources - a task not previously attempted by any scholar. While sympathetic to Labour's aims in the 1945 general election campaign - which itself receives fresh treatment - Henry Pelling exposes areas of difficulty and weakness in the Government's strategy and uncovers the doubts and hesitations of its leaders. Much of the evidence comes from official papers recently released to the Public Record Office; but the private papers of Attlee, Morrison, Bevin and Dalton, among others, have been drawn upon to add details to the story. For the first time, too, there is a study of the importance of Marshall Aid, as well as of the friction that is occassioned behind-the-scenes with the Truman Administration and the US Congress. Highly readable, this book makes a major contribution to recent history and to a better understanding of the present political and international situation.
The Labour Government, 1945-51
Title | The Labour Government, 1945-51 PDF eBook |
Author | Denis Nowell Pritt |
Publisher | New York : International Publishers |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1963 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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The Attlee Governments 1945-1951
Title | The Attlee Governments 1945-1951 PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Jefferys |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 147 |
Release | 2014-01-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317898931 |
In 1945 the Labour Government set about a major transformation of British society, Dr Jefferys's analyses the main changes and relates them to debates within the Labour party, on the nature of its aims and how best to achieve them.
Attlee's Labour Governments 1945-51
Title | Attlee's Labour Governments 1945-51 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Pearce |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 67 |
Release | 2006-04-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134962401 |
The Labour governments of 1945-51 are among the most important and controversial in modern British history, and have been the focus of extensive research over the last fifteen years. In this study, Robert Pearce makes the results of this research available in a concise and accessible form, whilst encouraging students to formulate their own interpretations. He looks at the main political personalities of the period, sets their work in the context of Labour history since 1900, and examines their domestic, foreign and imperial achievements.
The Labour Party and the Planned Economy, 1931-1951
Title | The Labour Party and the Planned Economy, 1931-1951 PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Toye |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0861932625 |
An exploration of Labour's 1931 pledge to create a planned socialist economy and the reasons for its failure to do so. In the general election of 1931, the Labour Party campaigned on the slogan "Plan or Perish". The party's pledge to create a planned socialist economy was a novelty, and marked the rejection of the gradualist, evolutionary socialism to which Labour had adhered under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald. Although heavily defeated in that election, Labour stuck to its commitment. The Attlee government came to power in 1945 determined to plan comprehensively. Yet, the aspiration to create a fully planned economy was not met. This book explores the origins and evolution of the promise, in order to explain why it was not fulfilled. RICHARD TOYE lectures in history at Homerton College, Cambridge.