National Crisis and National Government: British Politics, the Economy and Empire, 1926-1932

by Philip Williamson

Book Overview

From 1926 Britain fell into a condition of deep national crisis, which seemed to threaten its domestic stability and international power. By 1932 the effort to contain these problems had transformed British politics and policy. Strains produced by three-party politics, economic recession and imperial difficulties resulted during 1931 in such a severe financial and political crisis that the Labour government collapsed and Conservative, Liberal and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521521416
• ISBN13: 9780521521413
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"