Public and Private Doctrine: Essays in British History Presented to Maurice Cowling

by Jonathan Parry, James Jones, Ian Harris, et al.

Book Overview

Maurice Cowling's first two books appeared in 1963, when he also became a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Thirty years later this volume brings together a group of pupils, admirers and critics who have contributed essays dealing with facets of what Cowling calls public doctrine in modern British history, together with critical assessments of his writing. The book aims to be as unsycophantic, rebarbative and diverting as its dedicatee, while offering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152217X
• ISBN13: 9780521522175
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"