A History of the British Labour Party, Third Edition

A History of the British Labour Party, Third Edition
ISBN-10
1137114851
ISBN-13
9781137114853
Category
History
Pages
408
Language
English
Published
2008-02-18
Publisher
Macmillan International Higher Education
Author
Andrew Thorpe

Description

Thorpe's book is widely seen as the best single-volume study of the whole of the Labour party's history. Now thoroughly updated in the light of ongoing historiographical debates, this third edition brings the story up to the present with new and revised chapters on the development of 'New Labour' and the legacy of the Blair government.

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