Lord Salisbury's World Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain [Hardcover]

An accessible study of the thought-world of late Victorian Conservatives.Lord Salisbury (1830 1903) is now a subject of intense historical attention. But while other scholars have chosen to present biographies of him, this important and accessible new study moves away from the conventional 'life' and reconstructs the thought-world of late-Victorian Conservatives for the f irst time. In doing so it provides a new location within which Victorian politics and Salisbury himself can be evaluated. The book will therefore be essential reading for anyone interested in British political ideas.Lord Salisbury (1830 1903) is now a subject of intense historical attention. But while other scholars have chosen to present biographies of him, this important and accessible new study moves away from the conventional 'life' and reconstructs the thought-world of late-Victorian Conservatives for the f irst time. In doing so it provides a new location within which Victorian politics and Salisbury himself can be evaluated. The book will therefore be essential reading for anyone interested in British political ideas.Lord Salisbury (1830-1903) is now a subject of intense historical attention. But while other scholars have chosen to present biographies of him, this important and accessible new study moves away from the conventional life and reconstructs the thought-world of late-Victorian Conservatives for the first time. In doing so it provides a new location within which Victorian politics and Salisbury himself can be evaluated. The book will therefore be essential reading for anyone interested in British political ideas.Introduction: situations vacant; 1. Time; 2. Space; 3. Society; 4. Property; 5. Thought; 6. The state; 7. The church; 8. The empire; 9. The party; 10. The legacy; Note on sources. Successful and stimulating... British Politics Group Newsletter Bentley's study is an extremely successful attempt to analyze what he calls the `Conservative Environments' around and about thl³â