| Author |
Pitchford, Mark.
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| Subject |
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
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Right and left (Political science) -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979.
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| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 243 pages) |
| Summary |
This text shows how the Conservative Party, realising that its well-documented pre-Second World War connections with the extreme right were now embarrassing, used its bureaucracy to implement a policy of investigating extreme right groups and taking action to minimise their chances of success. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
The shock of opposition, 1945-51 -- Consensus Conservatism and extreme-right revival, 1951-57 -- Macmillan and home : 'pink socialism' and 'true-blue' Conservatism, 1957-64 -- Edward heath : a rightwards turn and the coalescence of the extreme right, 1964-70 -- 'Heathco' meets the extreme-right's challenge, 1970-75 -- Conclusion : keeping it right. |
| ISBN |
9781781702864 (electronic bk.) |
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1781702861 (electronic bk.) |
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9781847794123 (electronic bk.) |
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1847794122 (electronic bk.) |
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071908363X |
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9780719083631 |
| OCLC # |
808598711 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Pitchford, Mark. Conservative Party and the extreme right, 1945-75. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 9780719083631 (DLC) 2011283201 (OCoLC)662578178 |
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