The Letters of Arnold Stephenson Rowntree to Mary Katherine Rowntree, 1910-1918 (Camden Fifth Series)

Packer, Ian (EDT)

Cambridge University Press（2003/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 276 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521800006
• DDC分類 941.0820922

基本説明

This is an edition of the letters written by A. S. Rowntree, a member of the chocolate-manufacturing family and a Quaker to his wife, M. K. Rowntree, from 1910 to 1918.

Full Description

This book provides a scholarly edition of the letters of A. S. Rowntree, prominent businessman and Quaker, to his wife, M. K. Rowntree. The letters cover the period 1910-1918, during which he was Liberal MP for York. The edition provides a unique window into the under-explored world of backbench Liberal MPs, especially those committed to the New Liberalism. It shows that the activities and opinions of MPs in this period cannot be understood without reference to the wider context of their lives, especially their religion, business interests and charitable work. The letters also provide significant new information on developments in Quaker thinking on social and political issues, the problems faced by pacifist MPs in World War One and how gender identities were constructed within political marriages in Edwardian Britain.

Contents

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Letters 1910; Letters 1911; Letters 1912; Letters 1913; Letters 1914; Letters 1915; Letters 1916; Letters 1917; Letters 1918; Index.