1886-1895
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A history of by-elections
Review of T. G. Otte and Paul Readman (eds.), By-elections in British politics 1832–1914 (Boydell, 2013).
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Minded to slay national ignorance
Review of James Dixon, Out of Birmingham: George Dixon (1820–98), ‘Father of Free Education’ (Brewin Books, 2013).
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Jabez Balfour
Businessman and Liberal politician.
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Famous for being famous?
Review of Leo McKinstry, Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (John Murray, 2005).
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A hand-to-mouth man?
Review of Patrick Jackson, Harcourt and Son: A Political Biography of Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904 (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004).
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The diary of a somebody
Review of John Vincent (ed.), The Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93): A Selection (Leopard’s Head Press, 2003).
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‘God made the land for the people’
Review of Patricia Lynch, The Liberal Party in Rural England 1885-1910: Radicalism and Community (Clarendon Press, 2003).
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The man who made the weather: Joseph Chamberlain – imperial standard bearer, national leader, local icon
Report of the centenary conference, Birmingham 4–5 July 2014.
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Party agents 1880-1914
The impact of the professional agent on electioneering and political organisation in the decades after the Third Reform Act.