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Power, Competition and the State

Britain in Search of Balance, 1940-61

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  • © 1986

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Authors:
  1. Keith Middlemas
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Wartime State

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 17-45

  4. Attitudes in War

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 46-76

  5. Bargaining for Reconstruction

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 77-111

  6. Managing Austerity 1945–47

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 112-151

  7. Crisis and Austerity 1947–49

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 152-179

  8. Which Way is Jerusalem?

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 180-211

  9. Parties and Institutions 1951–56

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 212-246

  10. Men and Issues

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 247-282

  11. Threats to Equilibrium 1957–61

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 283-315

  12. The New Opposition and the Old

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 316-334

  13. Conclusion: 1961

    • Keith Middlemas
    Pages 335-355

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 356-404
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About this book

A study of how World War II British politicians planned a postwar settlement to remedy inadequacies from the interwar years; how that settlement was implemented in conditions different from what they had imagined; and why it became so criticized that the Macmillan government tried to recreate it.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Power, Competition and the State

  • Book Subtitle: Britain in Search of Balance, 1940-61

  • Authors: Keith Middlemas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10956-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-10956-2Published: 18 June 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 404

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Modern History

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