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POLI20532: Course Guide 2011-12 David Howell British Social Democracy, 1976, ch. 9: ‘The second time as farce’. John Callaghan Socialism in Britain since 1884, 1990, ch. 13. John Campbell Edward Heath: a biography, 1993. (Ch. 15, copies in HD). Brendan Evans and Andrew Taylor From Salisbury to Major. Continuity and change in Conservative politics, 1996, ch. 6; ‘Heath and the Heathmen’ (copies in HD). 5.4 Supplementary reading (i) the context to the modernisation debate The following all provide some general context on the sense of decline and the challenge of modernisation. Wiener’s account, published in the early years of Thatcherism and recently reissued, generated particular controversy – Rubinstein’s book is one response. Matthew Grant ‘Historians, the Penguin specials and the “state-ofthe-nation” literature, 1958-64’, Contemporary British History, 17, 3 (2003), pp. 29-54 H. Pemberton 'A taxing task: combating Britain's Relative Decline in the 1960s', Twentieth Century British History, 12, 3 (2001), pp. 354-375. W.D. Rubinstein Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain 1750- 1990 (1993), ch. 1: ‘The British economy since industrialisation and the “cultural critique”’ Martin J. Wiener English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit 1850-1980 (1981), ch. 8: ‘An overview and an assessment’ (ii) The 1964-70 Wilson governments Jad Adams Tony Benn: a biography. (Chs 12-24.) Tim Bale 'Dynamics of a non-decision: the 'failure' to devalue the pound, 1964-7', Twentieth Century British History, 10, 2 (1999), pp. 192-217. David Blaazer ‘“Devalued and Dejected Britons”: The Pound in Public Discourse in the Mid 1960s’, History Workshop Journal 47 (1999). Christopher Clifford ‘The rise and fall of the Department of Economic Affairs, 1964-1969: British government and indicative planning’, Contemporary British History, 11 (1997), pp. 94-116 R. Coopey, et al. (eds) The Wilson Governments 1964-1970 (revisionist collection, putting a case for Wilson's defence). Richard Coopey ‘The white heat of scientific revolution’, Contemporary Record 5, 1991, pp. 115-27 Peter Dorey (ed.) The Labour governments, 1964-1970 (2006) David Edgerton ‘The “White Heat” revisited: the British government and technology in the 1960s’, Twentieth Century British History vol 7 no 1 (1996). 22
David Edgerton Steven Fielding POLI20532: Course Guide 2011-12 Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970 (2006), ch. 6: ‘The warfare state and the “white heat”, 1955-70’, pp. 230- 69 Labour and cultural change: The Labour governments 1964-70 ; vol.1 (2003), esp. chs 1 & 9 Steven Fielding ‘Rethinking Labour’s 1964 campaign’, pp. 309-24, Contemporary British History, 21, 3, 2007 (the most useful of several contributions in a special issue on 1964 general election) Geoffrey Goodman The Awkward Warrior: Frank Cousins, his life and time (1979). (TGWU leader whose elevation to the cabinet symbolised Labour’s special relationship with the unions – and whose resignation symbolised its fragility; see chs 19-24.) Ben Pimlott Harold Wilson (1992), chs 14-24. Clive Ponting Breach of Promise (1989) John W.Young International policy: The Labour governments 1964- 70 ; vol.2 (2003) Philip Ziegler Wilson: the authorised life (1993). Kevin Theakston The Labour Party and Whitehall (1992), ch. 3: ‘Labour and the Fulton report’. R Rhodes James, Ambitions and Realities: British politics 1964-70 (1972). (A sceptical Tory viewpoint.) Kevin Jefferys, ‘British politics and the road to 1964’, Contemporary Record, vol 9 no 1 (1995). Helen Parr D McKie & C Cook (eds), ‘A Question of Leadership: July 1966 and Harold Wilson's European Decision’, Contemporary British History, vol.19, no.4, December 2005 The Decade of Disillusion: British politics in the sixties (1972). (iii) The 'Heath experiment' R Behrens The Conservative Party from Heath to Thatcher (1980) Mark Wickham-Jones ‘Right Turn: a revisionist account of the 1975 Conservative leadership election’, Twentieth Century British History, 8, 1 (1997). Mark Garnett ‘Planning for power: 1964-70’ in Anthony Seldon & Stuart Ball (eds), Recovering Power: The Conservatives in Opposition since 1867 (2005), ch. 9 Jim Tomlinson ‘Conservative modernisation 1960-64: too little, too late?’, Contemporary British History, 11, 3, 18-38. Andrew Roth Heath & the Heathmen (1972) John Campbell Edward Heath: A Biography (1994) S. Ball & A. Seldon (eds.) The Heath Government 1970-1974. A reappraisal (1996) 5.5 Exam preparation 23
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