Joseph Chamberlain: International Statesman, National Leader, Local Icon
by I. Cawood /
2016 / English / PDF
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Winston Churchill described Joseph Chamberlain as 'the man who
made the weather' for twenty years in British politics between
the 1880s and the 1900s. This volume contains contributions on
every aspect of Chamberlain's career, including international and
cultural perspectives hitherto ignored by his many biographers.
It breaks his career into three aspects: his career as an
international statesman, defender of British interests and
champion of imperial federation; his role as a national leader,
opposing Gladstone's crusade for Irish home rule by forming an
alliance with the Conservatives, campaigning for social reform
and finally advocating a protectionist economic policy to promote
British business; and the aspect for which he is still celebrated
in his adopted city, as the provider of sanitation, gas lighting,
clean water and cultural achievement for Birmingham – a model of
civic regeneration that still inspires modern politicians such as
Michael Heseltine, Tristram Hunt and David Willetts.
Winston Churchill described Joseph Chamberlain as 'the man who
made the weather' for twenty years in British politics between
the 1880s and the 1900s. This volume contains contributions on
every aspect of Chamberlain's career, including international and
cultural perspectives hitherto ignored by his many biographers.
It breaks his career into three aspects: his career as an
international statesman, defender of British interests and
champion of imperial federation; his role as a national leader,
opposing Gladstone's crusade for Irish home rule by forming an
alliance with the Conservatives, campaigning for social reform
and finally advocating a protectionist economic policy to promote
British business; and the aspect for which he is still celebrated
in his adopted city, as the provider of sanitation, gas lighting,
clean water and cultural achievement for Birmingham – a model of
civic regeneration that still inspires modern politicians such as
Michael Heseltine, Tristram Hunt and David Willetts.
