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Joseph Chamberlain : a most radical imperialist / Travis L. Crosby

Crosby, Travis L. [Verfasser]

London [u.a.] : I.B. Tauris, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xii, 271 pages, [16] pages of plates) : Illustrations

International library of historical studies ; 76

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index

978-0-85771-950-8 ; 0-85771-950-5 ; 1-84885-753-5

NP 5700 MG 42040 NQ 3495 NQ 9410

Joseph Chamberlain was a dynamic orator, notable reformer and superb parliamentary tactician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In his early political career Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party member and a supporter of political reform, yet after the Liberal Split, his allegiance changed dramatically when his Liberal Unionist Party entered into alliance with the Conservatives. As Colonial Secretary in Salisbury's government, he was a prime instigator of the Boer War and an important negotiator in the attempts to build an Anglo-German alliance. Ultimately disenchanted with the Conservative leadership of Salisbury and Balfour, he played an integral role in the Unionist Split over the issue of Tariff Reform which ultimately led to Balfour's downfall.