The Strange Death of Liberal England

Not to be confused with The Strange Death of Europe or The Strange Death of Liberal England (band).

The Strange Death of Liberal England is a book written by George Dangerfield and published in 1935. Its thesis is that the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom ruined itself in dealing with the House of Lords, women's suffrage, the Irish question, and trade unions, during the period 1906–1914.[1]

In recent decades most scholars have rejected the main interpretations of events presented in the book. However, the "book has been extraordinarily influential. Scarcely any important analyst of modern Britain has failed to cite it and to make use of the understanding which Dangerfield provides."[2]

In 1999 the book was named by the U.S. publisher Modern Library as one of the "100 Best Nonfiction Books" published in the 20th century.[3]

  1. ^ It is at online free
  2. ^ David Marsland, "Introduction to the Transaction Edition" in George Dangerfield (2011). The strange death of Liberal England [1910-1914]. Transaction Publishers. p. ix. ISBN 978-1-4128-4815-2.
  3. ^ "100 Best Nonfiction". www.modernlibrary.com.