Speak for Britain! by Martin Pugh
Written at a critical juncture in the history of the Labour Party, Speak for Britain! is a thought-provoking and highly original interpretation of the party's evolution, from its trade union origins to its status as a national governing party.
Excellent and provocative new history -- John Campbell * Mail on Sunday *
An admirable model of how political history should be written * Times Literary Supplement *
Overall the book is.. spliced with incisive arguments and interspersed with challenging verdicts on Labour's evolution... This ambitious Labour history could well become compulsory reading for future party leaders -- John Shepherd * History Today *
A startlingly revisionist book... The most provocative and clear-eyed history of the party yet... It is a tribute to Pugh's scholarship that almost everybody will learn something new from this thoughtful book -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
A stimulating survey -- Kenneth O'Morgan * Literary Review *
An admirable model of how political history should be written * Times Literary Supplement *
Overall the book is.. spliced with incisive arguments and interspersed with challenging verdicts on Labour's evolution... This ambitious Labour history could well become compulsory reading for future party leaders -- John Shepherd * History Today *
A startlingly revisionist book... The most provocative and clear-eyed history of the party yet... It is a tribute to Pugh's scholarship that almost everybody will learn something new from this thoughtful book -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
A stimulating survey -- Kenneth O'Morgan * Literary Review *
Martin Pugh was Professor of British History at Newcastle University and Research Professor in History at Liverpool John Moores University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the advisory panel of the BBC History Magazine, and the author of over twelve books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century history. He lives in Northumberland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099520788 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099520788 |
| Title | Speak for Britain! |
| Author | Martin Pugh |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-04-07 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
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