Brave new world : : imperial and democratic nation-building in Britain between the wars / / edited by Laura Beers and Geraint Thomas.
After the First World War, Britain faced a number of challenges as it sought to adapt to domestic conditions of mass democracy whilst maintaining its position in the empire in the face of national independence movements. As politicians at home and abroad sought to legitimise their position, new effo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Institute of Historical Research,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Humanities Digital Library.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Political modernity and 'government' in the construction of inter-war democracy : local and national encounters / Geraint Thomas
- Whig lessons, Conservative answers : the literary adventures of Sir J.A.R. Marriott / Gary Love
- The 'will to work' : industrial management and the question of conduct in inter-war Britain / Daniel Ussishkin
- Representing the people? The Daily mirror, class and political culture in inter-war Britain / Adrian Bingham
- 'A timid disbelief in the equality to which lip-service is constantly paid' : gender, politics and the press between the wars / Laura Beers
- Conservative values, Anglicans and the gender order in inter-war Britain / Lucy Delap
- Cultivating internationalism : Save the Children Fund, public opinion and the meaning of child relief, 1919-24 / Ellen Boucher
- 'Mending a broken world' : the universities and the nation, 1918-36 / Tamson Pietsch
- Inter-war agnotology : empire, democracy and the production of ignorance / Priya Satia
- Black intellectuals in the imperial metropolis and the debate over race and empire in Sanders of the river / Marc Matera
- Co-operatives and the technocrats, or 'the Fabian agony' revisited / Aaron Windel.