The Liberal Party. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)

G.R. Searle. The Liberal Party. (British History in Perspective.) New York: Palgrave. 2001. Pp. vi, 232. $22.95. ISBN 0-333-78661-0.

Professor Searle has revised and updated the first edition of this book, published in 1992. Excepting a new chapter on the Liberals and women's suffrage, as well as brief allusions to recent studies on the political impact of gender and rhetoric, the text is much the same, abridged somewhat to make room for the new chapter. This edition's chief contribution is in the endnotes and bibliography, much expanded to acknowledge work published during the ...

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