Elgar companion to Margaret Thatcher
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Philip NORTON and Matt BEECH. Elgar companion to Margaret Thatcher. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, xiv, 377p.
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the life, work and legacy of Britain's firs female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Expert contributors examine the major impact she had on British and global politics as the longest-serving Prime Minster in Modern British history. Organized into three substantive parts exploring Thatcher's political life before, during and after her premiership, this Companion guides the reader through the key periods of a unique and varied political career. Specialists from a range of fields explore how Thatcher ascended to become Prime Minister, the differences she made when in power, and her legacy after departing from high office. They include new perspectives and material on previously neglected areas of Thatcher's work, presenting original reflections from those who worked with her. Chapters cover a breadth of Thatcher's policies, from the environment to the economy, and reveal insights into her temperament as well as her pragmatic approach to politics and problem solving.
This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the life, work and legacy of Britain's firs female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Expert contributors examine the major impact she had on British and global politics as the longest-serving Prime Minster in Modern British history. Organized into three substantive parts exploring Thatcher's political life before, during and after her premiership, this Companion guides the reader through the key periods of a unique and varied political career. Specialists from a range of fields explore how Thatcher ascended to become Prime Minister, the differences she made when in power, and her legacy after departing from high office. They include new perspectives and material on previously neglected areas of Thatcher's work, presenting original reflections from those who worked with her. Chapters cover a breadth of Thatcher's policies, from the environment to the economy, and reveal insights into her temperament as well as her pragmatic approach to politics and problem solving.