Margaret Thatcher - A Life and Legacy
Verlag | Oxford University Press |
Auflage | 2022 |
Seiten | 176 |
Format | 11,3 x 1,0 x 17,7 cm |
Print PDF | |
Gewicht | 145 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9780192889188 |
Bestell-Nr | 19288918EA |
This concise, lively, and authoritative biography examines the life of Margaret Thatcher and sets it in the context of recent British history. Written by leading international historian David Cannadine, it covers her early life, political career, life after politics, impact, and legacy.
Few modern women have had as great a political impact as Margaret Hilda Roberts, the grocer's daughter from Grantham who, as Margaret Thatcher, became Britain's first woman prime minister. The longest serving British premier of the twentieth century, Mrs Thatcher has been the subject of both adulation and vilification. In Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy, the leading historian Sir David Cannadine sets Margaret Thatcher in the context of recent British history.
With elegance, wit, and historical insight, Cannadine charts Mrs Thatcher's upbringing and influences, her political career and life after politics, the impact of her policies, and her personal reputation and political legacy. The book also features a glossary of key terms, a chronology, a 'dramatis personae' of significant figures of the period, and a guide to further reading.
Written by one of our foremost international historians, it is an essential work for anyone interested in the life and work of a to wering-and often controversial-figure in modern British history, as well as students, academics, and researchers in the fields of modern history and politics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Preface
1: Bound for Politics
2: Unexpected Leader
3: Challenging Beginnings
4: Victory Overseas
5: Enemies Within
6: Thatcherism Triumphant?
7: Isolation and Defenestration
8: Aftermath and Afterlife
Guide to Sources
Dramatis Personae
Glossary
Chronology
Opinion Polls Graph
Index
Rezension:
Condensed biography with excellent analysis... David Cannadine Margaret Thatcher A Life and Legacy (OUP) is just the ticket. Keith Simpson, Total Politics