By I. Cawood,C. Upton
ISBN-10: 1137528842
ISBN-13: 9781137528841
Winston Churchill defined Joseph Chamberlain as 'the guy who made the elements' for 20 years in British politics among the Eighteen Eighties and the 1900s. This quantity comprises contributions on each element of Chamberlain's profession, together with overseas and cultural views hitherto overlooked via his many biographers. It breaks his occupation into 3 facets: his profession as a global statesman, defender of British pursuits and champion of imperial federation; his position as a countrywide chief, opposing Gladstone's campaign for Irish domestic rule through forming an alliance with the Conservatives, campaigning for social reform and at last advocating a protectionist financial coverage to advertise British company; and the point for which he's nonetheless celebrated in his followed urban, because the supplier of sanitation, fuel lighting fixtures, fresh water and cultural success for Birmingham – a version of civic regeneration that also conjures up smooth politicians reminiscent of Michael Heseltine, Tristram Hunt and David Willetts.
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