National Crisis and National Government: British Politics, the Economy, and Empire, 1926-1932.

Abstract

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Conventions and abbreviations Introduction Part I. Components of Crisis: 1. The erosion of Conservative predominance 2. Economic and imperial troubles 3. Government and party troubles 4. 'National crisis' Part II. Crisis Avoided: 5. The impact of India 6. Retrenchment and containment 7. Towards a two-party system Part III. The Crisis: 8. The financial crisis: July 1931 9. The political crisis: August 1931 10. First effects 11. The emergency government's crisis: September 1931 Part IV. Crisis Overcome: 12. The political reconstruction 13. The defeated 14. The national government Conclusion Appendix Sources Index.