John Bright and the Empire
Author | : James Laverne Sturgis |
Publisher | : London, : Athlone Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Based on author's thesis, University of London, 1963. Bibliography: p. 191-199.
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Author | : James Laverne Sturgis |
Publisher | : London, : Athlone Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Based on author's thesis, University of London, 1963. Bibliography: p. 191-199.
Author | : Bill Cash |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 085772083X |
John Bright was one of the greatest British statesmen of the nineteenth century. In a series of Punch cartoons in 1878, Bright featured alongside Disraeli and Gladstone as among the most influential politicians of the age. However, his profound contribution to British politics and society has been virtually forgotten in the modern world. Bright played a critical role in many of the most important political movements of the Victorian era, from the repeal of the Corn Laws to Home Rule. In his great campaign leading up to the Reform Act 1867, he fought for parliamentary reform on behalf of the working class and for the abolition of newspaper taxes. Internationally renowned as an orator, he was a dedicated opponent of slavery and champion of the North in the American Civil War. His testimonial for Abraham Lincoln's re-election was found in the President's pocket on his assassination. He was vigorously opposed to the Crimean War and campaigned against the oppression of the Irish tenantry and colonial subjects throughout the Empire. Fiercely independent, he eventually split from the Liberal Party over Home Rule, becoming a Liberal Unionist. In this new biography, the first for over 30 years, Bill Cash provides an incisive and engaging portrait of a man who influenced the politics of his generation more than virtually any other, with important implications for the present day.
Author | : George Macaulay Trevelyan |
Publisher | : Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Barnett Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Barnett Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 666 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Bright |
Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2010-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1426728093 |
This book traces the history of the biblical idea of the Kingdom of God and suggests its contemporary relevance. “To grasp what is meant by the Kingdom of God is to come very close to the heart of the Bible’s gospel of salvation.”—from the Preface
Author | : William Robertson (of Rochdale.) |
Publisher | : London ; Paris : Cassell & Company |
Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 1889 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John G. Turner |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2009-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1458742911 |
Founded as a local college ministry in 1951, Campus Crusade for Christ has become one of the world's largest evangelical organizations, today boasting an annual budget of more than $500 million. Nondenominational organizations like Campus Crusade account for much of modern evangelicalism's dynamism and adaptation to mainstream American culture. Despite the importance of these ''parachurch'' organizations, says John Turner, historians have largely ignored them. Turner offers an accessible and colorful history of Campus Crusade and its founder, Bill Bright, whose marketing and fund-raising acumen transformed the organization into an international evangelical empire. Drawing on archival materials and more than one hundred interviews, Turner challenges the dominant narrative of the secularization of higher education, showing how Campus Crusade helped reestablish evangelical Christianity as a visible subculture on American campuses Beyond the campus, Bright expanded evangelicalism's influence in the worlds of business and politics. As Turner demonstrates, the story of Campus Crusade reflects the halting movement of evangelicalism into mainstream American society: its awkward marriage with conservative politics, its hesitancy over gender roles and sexuality, and its growing affluence. JOHN G. TURNER is assistant professor of history at the University of South Alabama.