Clement Attlee
- ISBN-10
- 071903244X
- ISBN-13
- 9780719032448
- Series
- Clement Attlee
- Category
- Great Britain
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Author
- Jerry Hardman Brookshire
Description
Shows how Attlee, middle-class and Oxford-educated, became a committed socialist while a young social worker in London's East End and his rise as Deputy Minister during Churchill's wartime coalition and Prime Minister during Labour's creation of the welfare state from 1945-1951.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2017-03-02
- 688 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
Similar books
-
Clem Attlee: Labour's Great Reformer
By Francis BeckettBuilding on his earlier work on Attlee and including new research and stories, many of which are published here for the first time, Francis Beckett highlights Attlee’s relevance for a new generation.
-
Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee
By John BewThis book will pierce the reticence of Attlee and explore the intellectual foundations and core beliefs of one of the most important figures in twentieth-century British history, arguing that he remains underappreciated, rather than simply ...
-
Clement Attlee, a Political Biography
By Trevor D. BurridgeLeven en werk van de Engelse politicus en staatsman Clement Richard Attlee (1883-1967).
-
Clement Attlee: The Inevitable Prime Minister
By Michael JagoDrawing largely on Attlee's writings, speeches and letters, 'The Inevitable Prime Minister' traces the life of a middle-class lawyer's son who, appalled by living conditions in London's East End, relentlessly pursued his ambition to lead a ...
-
Clement Attlee
By Vincent BromeAutographed photograph England Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (3 January 1883 to 8 October 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United...
-
Clement Attlee. [A Pictorial Biography]
By Vincent 1910-2004 BromeThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
-
Attlee
By Robert PearceAttlee is undoubtedly one of the key figures in modern British history.
-
Clement Attlee. [A Pictorial Biography]
By Vincent 1910-2004 BromeThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
-
Twilight of Empire: Memoirs of Prime Minister Clement Attlee
By Francis WilliamsTwilight of Empire: Memoirs of Prime Minister Clement Attlee
-
Attlee
By David HowellFormer British Prime Minister best known for the creation of the National Health Service.