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Thatcher and sons : a revolution in three acts
- Title
- Thatcher and sons : a revolution in three acts / Simon Jenkins.
- Author
- Jenkins, Simon.
- Publication
- London : Allen Lane, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DA589.7 .J465 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 375 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The history of Britain for the last three decades, under both Conservative and Labour governments, has been dominated by one figure - Margaret Thatcher. This is Simon Jenkin's 'argued history' of Britain over nearly 30 years.
- Alternative Title
- Thatcher & sons
- Subject
- Thatcher, Margaret > Influence
- Thatcher, Margaret
- Blair, Tony 1953-
- Brown, Gordon 1951-
- Major, John 1943-
- Thatcher, Margaret 1925-2013
- Thatcher, Margaret, 1925- > influenser
- 1979-2007
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Politics and government
- Politik
- Economische verandering
- Economische politiek
- Centralisatie
- Kvinnliga politiker > Storbritannien
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1997-2007
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
- Storbritannien > politik och förvaltning > 1979-1997
- Storbritannien > politik och förvaltning > 1997-
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-346) and index.
- Contents
- 1 Climbing the ladder (starting p. 15) -- 2 The sorry seventies (starting p. 29) -- 3 A constitutional coup (starting p. 39) -- 4 Civil war (starting p. 54) -- 5 Epiphany at Port Stanley (starting p. 66) -- 6 Marking time (starting p. 76) -- 7 The revolution takes shape (starting p. 87) -- 8 Enter the second revolution (starting p. 105) -- 9 All politics is local (starting p. 135) -- 10 Thank you and goodbye (starting p. 148) -- 11 Thatcherism's human face (starting p. 159) -- 12 The second revolution strikes back (starting p. 171) -- 13 The treasury and the cult of audit (starting p. 191) -- 14 A cuckoo in the nest (starting p. 205) -- 15 Granita rules (starting p. 221) -- 16 Something of Napoleon (starting p. 235) -- 17 Gordon Brown, Thatcherite (starting p. 253) -- 18 Tony Blair and the commanding heights (starting p. 273) -- 19 The new localism (starting p. 301) -- 20 The third revolution (starting p. 325)
- ISBN
- 9780713995954
- 0713995955
- OCLC
- ocm70401937
- 70401937
- SCSB-14157760
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library