1929-1956
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The flight from the Liberal Party
Liberals who joined the Labour Party, 1914-31.
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A retreat from the left?
The Liberal Party and Labour, 1945-55.
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Radical Reform Group
Examination of the group’s formation, history and publications.
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Liberal thought
Review of Kevin Hickson (ed.), The Political Thought of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats since 1945 (Manchester University Press, 2009).
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Survival and revival
Review of Mark Egan, Coming into Focus: The Transformation of the Liberal Party 1945-1964 (VDM Verlag Dr Muller, 2009).
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Strange death?
Review of Ross McKibbin, Parties and People 1914-1951 (Oxford University Press, 2010).
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Liberalism and the National Government, 1931-40
An examination of the impact of the National Government on the Liberal Party.
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Coalition in the archives
The papers of Liberal activist Frances Josephy are used to examine the attitudes of ordinary Liberals to coalitions in the 1920s and 1930s.
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David and Frances: Marriage
An examination of the build-up to the marriage of David Lloyd George and Frances Stevenson in 1943.