Liberal Democrat History Group Newsletter 12
Liberal Democrat History Group Newsletter 12
Issue: 12, Autumn 1996
Contents
Gladstone: The colossus of the nineteenth century - politics then and now
Lord Jenkins, giving the Guildhall Lecture to an invited audience in June 1996, took the contrast between the patterns of political life in the nineteenth century and the late twentieth century as his central theme.
Report: The repeal of the Corn Laws
Report LDHG meeting of February 1996, with Professor John Vincent.
Education and the Liberal rank and file in Edwardian England: the case of Sir George White
The political career and beliefs of one of the major proponents of Liberal education policy in the Edwardian period.
The Liberal Party's performance in 1945
Continuing the debate over the Liberal Party and the 1945 general election.
Report: 'God gave the land to the people!'
Report of LDHG meeting of July 1996, in land value taxation, with Roy Douglas.
Keeping the peace?
Review of T Bartlett & K Jeffrey (eds.), A Military History of Ireland (Cambridge University Press, 1996).