The British Liberal Tradition : : From Gladstone Through to Young Churchill, Asquith, and Lloyd George - Is Blair Their Heir? / / Roy Jenkins.
In this wide-ranging lecture, Lord Jenkins tells the story of the rise and fall of the British Liberal party under prime ministers Gladstone, Churchill, Asquith, and Lloyd George and explores the place of current British Prime Minister Tony Blair in this tradition.Beginning with the Liberal Party...
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Jenkins, Roy, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The British Liberal Tradition : From Gladstone Through to Young Churchill, Asquith, and Lloyd George - Is Blair Their Heir? / Roy Jenkins. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017] ©2001 1 online resource (64 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Senator Keith Davey Lectures Frontmatter -- Index -- Preface -- Introductory Remarks -- Opening Comment -- Introduction -- The Fourth Annual Senator Keith Davey Lecture -- The British Liberal Tradition -- Concluding Remarks -- Toast to Lord Jenkins -- Commentary -- Biographical Notes restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this wide-ranging lecture, Lord Jenkins tells the story of the rise and fall of the British Liberal party under prime ministers Gladstone, Churchill, Asquith, and Lloyd George and explores the place of current British Prime Minister Tony Blair in this tradition.Beginning with the Liberal Party's birth in London, 1859, the author addresses the relative success of the Liberal prime ministers in dealing with social issues, such as religion and suffrage, and aspects of government legislation including education, foreign policy, and the military. Lord Jenkins also offers his views on the personalities of these men, recognizing that the character of leaders naturally shapes their leadership. Of William Ewart Gladstone, for example, Lord Jenkins notes that, while he was "not necessarily the greatest prime minister," Gladstone was "certainly the most remarkable specimen of humanity ever to inhabit 10 Downing Street." Gladstone climbed mountains at the age of seventy-five and read twenty thousand books in his lifetime. Herbert Henry Asquith and Winston Churchill were remarkably different in their oratory skills. While Asquith reveled in the pressure of spontaneous, emotional speeches to large crowds, Churchill excelled in a more literary, meticulous approach to his audience, which explains why the latter prime minister was so respected for his performances on radio broadcasts.Lord Jenkins' style, seasoned by the experience of having published over sixteen books on politics and politicians, reflects a keen sense of British history and politics and, more generally, of our fascination with the inner workings of political and personal lives. The British Liberal Tradition, by Lord Roy Jenkins, is the fourth annual Senator Keith Davey Lecture, delivered at Victoria University at the University of Toronto in 2000. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Liberalism Great Britain History. DISCOUNT-C. POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Emerson, H. Garfield, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Jackman, H.N.R., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Jenkins, Lord Roy, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Sedra, Adel, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802084545 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442680579 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442680579 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442680579.jpg |
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