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Making aristocracy work : the peerage and the political system in Britain, 1884-1914 / Andrew Adonis

Oxford : Clarendon, 1993

1 online resource (xiii, 311 p.)

Englisch

Druckausg.: Making aristocracy work / Adonis, Andrew

978-0-19-167603-1

OCoLC: 897077843     

OCoLC: 897077843 (aus SWB)     

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203896.001.0001

HD 400      Ähnliche Literatur

305.52230941

Basisklassifikation: 15.64 (Großbritannien; Irland) <Geschichte> ; 89.30 (Politische Systeme: Allgemeines)

*Großbritannien. Parliament. House of Lords ; Abgeordneter ; Geschichte 1884-1914     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Great Britain. / Parliament. / House of Lords -- History -- 19th century. ; Great Britain. / Parliament. / House of Lords -- History -- 20th century. ; Nobility -- Great Britain -- History, 19th century ; Nobility -- Great Britain -- History, 20th century

A study of the political role and activities of the peerage both inside and outside Parliament, the late 19th and early 20th century. Andrew Adonis reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of the House of Lords, and shows how its members were able to justify themselves by their work.