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The Conservative party, fascism and anti-fascism 1918-1939 (2010)
Book Chapter
Williamson, P. (2010). The Conservative party, fascism and anti-fascism 1918-1939. In N. Copsey, & A. Olechnowicz (Eds.), Varieties of anti-fascism: Britain in the inter-war period (73-97). Palgrave Macmillan

The interwar Conservative party provides a challenge for recent historical definitions of British anti-fascism. Distinctions between ‘non-fascism’ and ‘anti-fascism’ and between ‘passive anti-fascism’ and ‘active anti-fascism’ have been valuable in s... Read More about The Conservative party, fascism and anti-fascism 1918-1939.

Maurice Cowling and modern British political history (2010)
Book Chapter
Williamson, P. (2010). Maurice Cowling and modern British political history. In R. Crowcroft, S. Green, & R. Whiting (Eds.), Philosophy, Politics and Religion in British Democracy: Maurice Cowling and Conservatism (108-152). I.B. Tauris

State prayers, fasts and thanksgivings: public worship in Britain 1830–1897 (2008)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2008). State prayers, fasts and thanksgivings: public worship in Britain 1830–1897. Past & Present: A Journal of Historical Studies, 200(1), 121-174. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm057

Among the more remarkable activities of the mid nineteenth-century British state was its practice of ordering special acts of national worship — either new prayers to be read in all churches for particular dates or periods, or whole days set aside fo... Read More about State prayers, fasts and thanksgivings: public worship in Britain 1830–1897.

The monarchy and public values, 1910–1953 (2007)
Book Chapter
Williamson, P. (2007). The monarchy and public values, 1910–1953. In A. Olechnowicz (Ed.), The monarchy and the British nation, 1780 to the present (223-257). Cambridge University Press

‘Margaret Bondfield’, ‘William Bridgeman’, ‘James Cecil, 4th marquess of Salisbury’, ‘Charles Cripps, 1st baron Parmoor’, ‘William Graham’, ‘Sir Ernest Harvey’, ‘Robert Horne’, 'Peter Howard','Sir Donald Maclean’, ‘Montagu Norman’, ‘Ian Percy, 8th duke of Northumberland’, ‘Lord Eustace Percy’, ‘Vivian Phillipps’, ‘Noel Skelton’, ‘J.H. Thomas’ (2004)
Book Chapter
Williamson, P. (2004). ‘Margaret Bondfield’, ‘William Bridgeman’, ‘James Cecil, 4th marquess of Salisbury’, ‘Charles Cripps, 1st baron Parmoor’, ‘William Graham’, ‘Sir Ernest Harvey’, ‘Robert Horne’, 'Peter Howard','Sir Donald Maclean’, ‘Montagu Norman’, ‘Ian Percy, 8th duke of Northumberland’, ‘Lord Eustace Percy’, ‘Vivian Phillipps’, ‘Noel Skelton’, ‘J.H. Thomas’. In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press

The City of London and government in modern Britain: debates and politics (2004)
Book Chapter
Williamson., P. (2004). The City of London and government in modern Britain: debates and politics. In R. Michie, & P. Williamson (Eds.), The British government and the City of London in the twentieth century (5-30). Cambridge University Press

While many argue that the financial and commercial interests of London have exercised a dominant influence over government economic thinking, others claim that the financial sector has been constricted by government. The relationship between the Brit... Read More about The City of London and government in modern Britain: debates and politics.

Baldwin Papers. A Conservative Statesman 1908-1947 (2004)
Book
Williamson, P., & Baldwin, E. (Eds.). (2004). Baldwin Papers. A Conservative Statesman 1908-1947. Cambridge University Press

As Conservative party leader from 1923 to 1937 and three times prime minister, Stanley Baldwin was one of the pre-eminent public figures of interwar Britain. This edition of his letters, reports of his private conversations, and related documents and... Read More about Baldwin Papers. A Conservative Statesman 1908-1947.

Baldwin's reputation: politics and history, 1937-1967 (2004)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2004). Baldwin's reputation: politics and history, 1937-1967. Historical Journal, 47(1), 127-168. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x03003546

In one fundamental sense, a British post-war consensus certainly existed: repudiation and denigration of interwar governments and their leaders. Stanley Baldwin was the chief victim, as it became widely believed during the 1940s that he had ‘failed t... Read More about Baldwin's reputation: politics and history, 1937-1967.