Theses

Liberal Theses at the NLC Library


Below is a bibliography of our liberal theses. This list serves as our ‘wish list’ for the National Liberal Club’s Library. All items in bold are works owned by the Club and all other works are pieces of liberal literature that we wish to own. If would like to contribute or donate to our Library, please contact the National Liberal Club’s Honorary Librarian, Derek McAuley. Our thanks and acknowledgment to the Liberal History Group, who helped compile the original list of works found here.


PhD/MA theses

Luke Blaxill, The language of British electoral politics, 1880–1910 (King’s College London, Ph.D., 2012)

Peter Brett, The Liberal middle classes and politics in three provincial towns: Newcastle, Bristol, York (Durham, Ph.D., 1991)

Peter Claus, Real Liberals and Conservatives in the City of London, 1848–86 (Open University, Ph.D., 1997)

Stewart Faulkes, The strange death of British Liberalism: the Liberal summer schools’ movement and the making of the Yellow Book in the 1920s (London, Ph.D., 2001)

A. C. Hepburn, Liberal policies and nationalist politics in Ireland, 1905–10 (Kent, Ph.D., 1968)

John V. Hogan, Politics and party management in the House of Lords, 1846 to 1865 (Sussex, Ph.D., 1987)

Brendon Jones, Manchester Liberalism, 1918–29: the electoral, ideological and organisational experience of the Liberal Party in Manchester with particular reference to the career of Ernest Simon (Manchester, Ph.D., 1998)

Sian Jones, The political dynamics of north east Wales, with special reference to the Liberal party, 1918–35 (Wales (Bangor), Ph.D., 2003)

Peter Joyce, The electoral strategy and tactics of the British Liberal Party, 1945–70 (London, Ph.D., 1990)

Jonathan Kirkup, The parliamentary agreement between the Labour Party and the Liberal Party 1977–1978 “The Lib-Lab Pact” (Cardiff, Ph.D., 2012)

Alexandra Kolaczkowski, Sir Jerom Murch: case study of a Unitarian liberal and his impact on the Bath community, 1833–95 (Bath, Ph.D., 1996)

Ursula Masson, For women, for Wales and for Liberalism: women in Liberal politics in Wales c.1883–1914 (University of the West of England, Ph.D., 2007)

Vincent McKee, British social democratic factionalism 1981–1996: case studies of the SDP 1981–88 and Liberal Democrats 1988–96 (London Guildhall Ph.D., 1996)

John Meadowcroft, Community politics: a study of the Liberal Democrats in local government (London, Goldsmiths College Ph.D., 1999)

Michael Meadowcroft, Transition in Leeds City Government, 1903–26 (Leeds, M.Phil., 1978)

Gordon Millar, The Liberal Party in Scotland, 1843–1868: electoral politics and party development (Glasgow, Ph.D., 1996)

Kirsteen M. Mulhern, The intellectual duke: George Douglas Campbell, 8th duke of Argyll, 1823–1900 (Edinburgh, Ph.D., 2006)

Mark Pack, Aspects of the English electoral system, 1800–1850, with special reference to Yorkshire (York, Ph.D., 1995)

R. B. Perks, The New Liberalism and the challenge of Labour in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1885–1914, with special reference to Huddersfield (Council for National Academic Awards, Ph.D., 1985)

Sarah Richardson, Politics in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the age of reform, 1830–40 (Leeds, Ph.D., 1995)

Geoffrey Sell, Jo Grimond and the politics of British liberalism, 1956–1967 (London, Ph.D., 1997)

Peter Sloman, Economic thought and policy in the Liberal Party, c.1929–1964 (Oxford, D.Phil., 2012)

Hanna Terao, Towards a welfare society: a critical reappraisal of L.T. Hobhouse’s New Liberalism and Socialism (Cardiff, PhD, 2013)

Seth Alexander Thevoz, Winston Churchill’s 1922 electoral defeat in Dundee (King’s College London, M.A., 2009)

Seth Alexander Thevoz, The political impact of London clubs, 1832–1868 (Warwick Ph.D., 2014)

I. C. Treasure, The Liberal Education Bills: conflict and compromise in religious issues and Liberal Party educational policies 1906–1908 (Open University Ph.D., 1994)

Denis P. Van Mechelen, The growth of third party support in Britain: a comparative study of the electoral bases for the Liberal and Scottish National Parties successes during the 1970s (London School of Economics, Ph.D., 1983)

Jane Vickers, Pressure group politics, class and popular liberalism: the campaign for parliamentary reform in the north-west, 1864–1868 (Manchester Metropolitan, Ph.D., 1997)

Jonathan C. Wallace, The political career of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford 1870–1949 (Newcastle upon Tyne, Ph.D., 1995)

David Wilkinson, The political career of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd duke of Portland, 1738–1809 (Wales (Aberystwyth), Ph.D., 1997)

R. A. Wright, Liberal Party organization and politics in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, 1886–1914, with particular reference to the development of independent labour representation (Birmingham Ph.D., 1978)