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Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction
Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if we view rhetoric in more neutral terms, as the 'art of persuasion', …
Age of Hope
“The clue to our future lies in our past and Toye has winkled it out with elegant and devastating precision.” Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda WAS THE ATTLEE GOVERNMENT OF 1945 REALLY …
The UN and Global Political Economy
Against the backdrop of a 20-year revolt against free trade orthodoxy by economists inside the UN and their impact on policy discussions since the 1960s, the authors show how the …
Age of Hope
The clue to our future lies in our past and Toye has winkled it out with elegant and devastating precision. Chris Bryant, MP for RhonddaWAS THE ATTLEE GOVERNMENT OF 1945 REALLY …
Making Reputations
Is a charismatic leader also an effective one? What role do commentators and historians have in shaping politicians' personae? Making Reputations provides a major new assessment of …
Imagining Britain’s Economic Future, c.1800–1975
Following the Brexit vote, this book offers a timely historical assessment of the different ways that Britain’s economic future has been imagined and how British ideas have …
Challenging the Orthodoxies
This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary critique of the new economic orthodoxy as represented by the Washington Consensus. The originator of the term, John Williamson, …
Age of Promises
Age of Promises explores the issue of electoral promises in twentieth century Britain - how they were made, how they were understood, and how they evolved across time - through a …
Winston Churchill
Before Winston Churchill made history, he made news. To a great extent, the news made him too. If it was his own efforts that made him a hero, it was the media that made him a …
Roar of the Lion
''My aunt, listening to the Prime Minister's speech, remarked of "e;our greatest orator"e;, "e;He's no speaker, is he?"e;' -diary of teacher M.A. Pratt, 11 Nov. …
Aftermath of Suffrage
This collection explores the aftermath of the Representation of the People Act, which gave some British women the vote. Experts examine the paths taken by both former-suffragists …
The Munich Crisis, Politics and the People
The Munich Crisis of 1938 had major diplomatic as well as personal and psychological repercussions. As much as it was a climax in the clash between dictatorship and democracy, it …