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Author: Ross McKibbin (Emeritus Research Fellow, St John's College, Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.290kg
ISBN: 9780199605170
ISBN 10: 0199605173
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 16 June 2011
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Adult education
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
[A] subtly argued study. Paul Smith, Times Literary Supplement A model of careful scholarship Vernon Bogdanor, New Statesman The political history so readably, as well as convincingly, analysed by McKibbin has plenty of dramatic surprises and unexpected reversals of fortune. W. G. Runciman, London Review of Books An elegant and engaging addition to the history of English democracy. Laura Beers, Reviews in History An excellent guide to current thinking on these issues, and should be very useful for students as well as faculty concerned with the social basis of British politics. Highly recommended. H.L. Smith, CHOICE
[A] subtly argued study. Paul Smith, Times Literary Supplement A model of careful scholarship Vernon Bogdanor, New Statesman The political history so readably, as well as convincingly, analysed by McKibbin has plenty of dramatic surprises and unexpected reversals of fortune. W. G. Runciman, London Review of Books This is a book that is certainly well written and offers a beguiling explanation of the events that created England's present, but far from inevitable, system of democracy. It deserves to be widely read. Keith Laybourn, History An elegant and engaging addition to the history of English democracy. Laura Beers, Reviews in History An excellent guide to current thinking on these issues, and should be very useful for students as well as faculty concerned with the social basis of British politics. Highly recommended. H.L. Smith, CHOICE offer[s] a fascinating discussion ... This book can be read and enjoyed by the general reader as we ll as the academic specialist Iain Sharpe, Journal of Liberal History
[A] subtly argued study. Paul Smith, Times Literary Supplement A model of careful scholarship Vernon Bogdanor, New Statesman The political history so readably, as well as convincingly, analysed by McKibbin has plenty of dramatic surprises and unexpected reversals of fortune. W. G. Runciman, London Review of Books An elegant and engaging addition to the history of English democracy. Laura Beers, Reviews in History An excellent guide to current thinking on these issues, and should be very useful for students as well as faculty concerned with the social basis of British politics. Highly recommended. H.L. Smith, CHOICE
[A] subtly argued study. Paul Smith, Times Literary Supplement A model of careful scholarship Vernon Bogdanor, New Statesman The political history so readably, as well as convincingly, analysed by McKibbin has plenty of dramatic surprises and unexpected reversals of fortune. W. G. Runciman, London Review of Books An elegant and engaging addition to the history of English democracy. Laura Beers, Reviews in History
