Richard Crossman and the Welfare State: Pioneer of Welfare Provision and Labour Politics in Post-war Britain

by Stephen T. Thornton

Generally remembered as a notorious diarist rather than a serious political figure, Richard Crossman's imposing presence in Harold Wilson's Cabinet during the 1964-1970 Labour governments proved, not least to himself, a disappointment. However, in this new reassessment, Stephen Thornton rescues Crossman's political achievements from obscurity. From 1955 to the end of his life in 1974, Crossman was committed to a radical scheme that promised to break...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845118480
• ISBN13: 9781845118488
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"