Electing Our Masters by Jon Lawrence
An engaging history of electioneering in Britain from the eighteenth century to the present, highlighting how the television age has altered the interaction of politicians and public and asking what the media must now do to reinvigorate public politics.
A work that should be the first port of call for those interested in the history of electioneering* Steven Fielding, 20th Century British History, *
A lively and stimulating history of electoral campaigning. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
A book rich in insight...wearing its learning lightly because Lawrence writes so well... This is an important and timely book. * John Ramsden, History Today *
[an] expert study of hustings from the 18th century to the present day...provocative * Sarah Richardson, BBC History Magazine *
In Electing Our Masters: The Hustings in British Politics from Hogarth to Blair, Jon Lawrence has written a stimulating account of this aspect of political life. * Keith Simpson MP Summer Reading List, 2009' *
Electing our Masters is highly recommended reading...contribute[s] significantly to our understanding of the dynamics of modern democratic politics. * Benjamin Schröder, H-Soz-u-Kult *
[a] readable and scholarly survey of British electoral practice from the eighteenth century to the present day * Martin Pugh, English Historical Review *
A lively and stimulating history of electoral campaigning. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
A book rich in insight...wearing its learning lightly because Lawrence writes so well... This is an important and timely book. * John Ramsden, History Today *
[an] expert study of hustings from the 18th century to the present day...provocative * Sarah Richardson, BBC History Magazine *
In Electing Our Masters: The Hustings in British Politics from Hogarth to Blair, Jon Lawrence has written a stimulating account of this aspect of political life. * Keith Simpson MP Summer Reading List, 2009' *
Electing our Masters is highly recommended reading...contribute[s] significantly to our understanding of the dynamics of modern democratic politics. * Benjamin Schröder, H-Soz-u-Kult *
[a] readable and scholarly survey of British electoral practice from the eighteenth century to the present day * Martin Pugh, English Historical Review *
Jon Lawrence is lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Emmanuel College. He has written widely on the social, political and cultural history of modern Britain, and is the author of Speaking for the People: Party, Language and Popular Politics in England, 1867-1914 (1998) and, with Miles Taylor, Party, State and Society: Electoral Behaviour in Britain since 1820 (1997).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199550128 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199550123 |
| Title | Electing Our Masters |
| Author | Jon Lawrence |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2009-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 346 |
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