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Margaret Thatcher
Meredith Veldman
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Description for Margaret Thatcher
paperback. Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Margaret Thatcher. Series: The World in a Life. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Margaret Thatcher. The second daughter of a provincial grocer, Margaret Roberts Thatcher was not born to privilege or power. She was not an original thinker; few of her teachers regarded her as particularly clever. What she did possess, however, was a remarkable physical constitution (she needed little sleep and was never ill), a phenomenal capacity for hard work, and a resolute ideological certainty allied with political adaptability and a populist sensibility. As one of the central founders of New Conservatism, Thatcher fought ... Read more
Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Margaret Thatcher. The second daughter of a provincial grocer, Margaret Roberts Thatcher was not born to privilege or power. She was not an original thinker; few of her teachers regarded her as particularly clever. What she did possess, however, was a remarkable physical constitution (she needed little sleep and was never ill), a phenomenal capacity for hard work, and a resolute ideological certainty allied with political adaptability and a populist sensibility. As one of the central founders of New Conservatism, Thatcher fought ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
The World in a Life
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190248970
SKU
V9780190248970
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Ref
99-42
About Meredith Veldman
Meredith Veldman is Associate Professor of History at Louisiana State University.
Reviews for Margaret Thatcher
This is a brilliant book! I am very excited to use it. I admire the use of Thatcher's life to tell the story of the rise and fall of a social democratic consensus, while also integrating themes about gender, immigration, Europe, and so much more.
Guy Ortolano, New York University
Veldman's prose is engaging for students, ... Read more
Guy Ortolano, New York University
Veldman's prose is engaging for students, ... Read more