Making Aristocracy Work: The Peerage and the Political System in Britain, 1884-1914 (Oxford Historical Monographs) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Making Aristocracy Work: The Peerage and the Political System in Britain, 1884-1914 (Oxford Historical Monographs) Book

Making Aristocracy Work : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780198203896 : 0198203896 : 29 Jul 1993 : 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.Read More

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    Making Aristocracy Work explores the political role and activities of the peerage, both inside and outside Parliament, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Adonis examines the House of Lords and its practices during this period, and offers a new interpretation of the constitutional crisis of 1909-1911. He reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Lords, questioning its effectiveness as a revising chamber, but at the same time clearly demonstrating the way it functioned in terms of constitutional tradition. He also examines the non-parliamentary activities of the peerage: their roles in local government and the civil service, and their part in the governing of the empire.

  • 0198203896
  • 9780198203896
  • Andrew Adonis
  • 27 May 1993
  • Clarendon Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 328
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