Popular Conservatism and the Culture of National Government in Inter-War Britain

Geraint Thomas is Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He has previously held positions at the Universities of Oxford and York. His research publications have focused on the politics of inter-war Britain and include, as co-editor, Brave New World: Imperial and Democratic Nation-building in Britain between the Wars (2012).

• 1. The National Government and Interwar Conservatism: the Historical Task; Part I. Rethinking Interwar Conservatism: 2. Local politics and the limits of Baldwinite Conservatism, 1918-1931; 3. Conservatives and the Politics of National Recovery, 1931-1937; Part II. Popular Conservatism and the National Government: 4. Anti-Socialism and Working-Class Conservatism in the Industrial North; 5. The Politics of Anti-Socialism in the Suburbs; 6. Modernity and Paternalism in Rural Politics; 7. National Conservatism in Scotland and Wales; Part III. Reputations of Government: 8. The Unravelling of National Anti-Socialism?; Conclusion.

'This deeply-researched study provides important new perspectives on the Conservative Party and the National Governments during the critical decade of the 1930s. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in British history between the two world wars.' Stuart Ball, University of Leicester