Stuart (Hrsg.) Ball

The Advent of Democracy: The Impact of the 1918 Reform Act on British Politics

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The Representation of the People Act of 1918 was a landmark in modern British history and the most substantial change ever made in the electoral system. It nearly trebled the electorate, extending the franchise to all adult men and giving the vote to women for the first time by enfranchising 8.5 million women aged over 30 years, and it also made other significant changes to the conduct of elections. However, its provisions and effects have rarely been closely examined by historians. In its centenary year, this volume addresses that gap by focusing upon the impact of the 1918 Reform Act in key areas. The essays examine its effects upon the Con… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-119-51119-9
EAN: 9781119511199
Produktnummer: 26264199
Verlag: Blackwell Publ
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 204 S.
Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 299 g
Gewicht: 299

Über den Autor

Stuart Ball is emeritus professor of modern British history at the University of Leicester, where he taught from 1979 to 2016. He has published extensively on the history of the Conservative Party in the 20th century, and his most recent books are Portrait of a Party: The Conservative Party in Britain 1918-1945 (Oxford, 2013), and Conservative Politics in National and Imperial Crisis: Letters from Britain to the Viceroy of India 1926-31 (Farnham, 2014). He has also has written a short biography of Churchill, Winston Churchill (2003), and edited the political diaries of Sir Cuthbert Headlam (2 vols, 1992 and 1999).