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Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Ministries

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 1-133
  3. Parties

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 135-184
  4. Parliament

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 185-231
  5. Elections

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 233-281
  6. Political Allusions

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 283-299
  7. Civil Service

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 301-314
  8. Royal Commissions, Committees of Inquiry and Tribunals

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 315-327
  9. Justice and Law Enforcement

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 329-346
  10. Social Conditions

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 347-375
  11. Employment and Trade Unions

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 377-401
  12. The Economy

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 403-428
  13. The Public Sector

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 429-449
  14. Royalty

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 451-455
  15. The British Isles

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 457-471
  16. Local Government

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 473-485
  17. The Commonwealth

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 487-500
  18. International Relations

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 501-505
  19. Britain and Europe

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 507-515
  20. Armed Forces

    • David Butler, Gareth Butler
    Pages 517-526

About this book

Twentieth-Century British Political Facts is the definitive record of the who, the what and the when of British political history in the 1900s, providing reliable information which could not otherwise be found without many hours of digging in a library. Refined and updated since the seventh edition, this unique work has become as standard reference book for scholars, journalists, politicians, civil servants, students and all readers with an interest in political history.

About the authors

David Butler is a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Gareth Butler is Producer with BBC News and Current Affairs.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000

  • Authors: David Butler, Gareth Butler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62733-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

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

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-22947-4Published: 16 June 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-62733-2Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 8

  • Number of Pages: XX, 584

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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