Product Description

The third edition of this successful text has been revised to include a new chapter on the politics of the Second World War, and to reflect recent developments in research into the period.

• Third edition of this insightful survey of changes in British politics.
  
• Now extended to cover the politics of the Second World War and the election of 1945.
  
• Extensively revised in the light of recent research.
  
• Looks at the Labour Party′s evolution into a national rather than sectional party.
  
• Includes updated suggestions for further reading.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #272328 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Review
"Is to be welcomed. This is a textbook of a superior sort as Pugh disavows the attempt to be a neutral assessor of the work of others and imposes his own interpretation upon the period. This leads to a clearer understanding of events." History Today – of the previous edition

"A commanding synthesis ... succeeds brilliantly in finding the right voice to explain what matters now." London Review of Books – of the previous edition

"Excellent book, by far the best of its kind on this period ... impressively lucid and consistent ... a remarkable book which will stimulate teachers as well as students for years to come." Society for the Study of Labour History Bulletin – of the previous edition

From the Back Cover
Since its first publication in 1982, The Making of Modern British Politics′ has been widely acclaimed as the most sophisticated account of changes in British political history between the 1860s and the outbreak of the Second World War. For the third edition, the text has been extended to cover the politics of the Second World War and the election of 1945, following through to a more satisfying conclusion the changes of the last decades of the nineteenth century.

The book focuses on the problems of interpretation and analysis raised by the most recent work in the field. Several of the existing chapters have been revised in light of the latest research, particularly the material on Edwardian electoral politics and the high politics of 1918–1931. The new edition also incorporates current thinking on the Popular Front and Fascism, and looks at how the Labour Party evolved into a national rather than sectional party by recruiting Conservative voters and politicians into its ranks.

About the Author
Martin Pugh is Research Professor in History at Liverpool John Moores University. His previous books include Electoral Reform in War and Peace (1978), The Tories and the People (1985), Women and the Women′s Movement in Britain (1992) and The March of the Women: a revisionist analysis of the women′s suffrage movement (2000). He is also the editor of Blackwell Publishers′ Companion to Modern European History, 1871–1945 (1997).

Customer Reviews

A Great Introduction to the History of Politics
This is the third and expanded new edition of Pugh's classic textbook. Pugh deals with his subject matter chronologically, taking us masterfully from the age of Gladstone and Disraeli to the end of the Second World War and the advent of the 1945 Labour Government.

Pugh's book tackles all the most important themes in British politics during the era: The Liberal Governments of Gladstone, Disraeli, the late Victorian Conservative Party, the 'New' Liberalism, the impact of the First World War upon British politics, Conservative electoral hegemony in the inter-war years, the National Government and the impact of the Second World War.

This book will be of use to AS/A2 and undergraduate students, and, perhaps to the general reader interested in the evolution of British politics in this period. The book balances readability, scholarly research and is informed by the latest historical work.