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Brian Harrison's publications (North America)For ordering information outside North America, please click here The Transformation of British Politics, 1860-1995 Brian Harrison (Oxford, 1996) A broad-ranging analysis of the present political structure and how it has evolved since the 1860s, this book provides historical context for the present-day operation of British political institutions. Its chapters cover such topics as civil liberties, pressure groups, parliament, elections and the parties, central and local government, cabinet, and monarchy. It contains an ample guide to further reading and a chronology of leading events. Click here for details. Corpuscles: a History of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in the Twentieth Century, Written by its Members Edited by Brian Harrison (Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1994) A collection of memoirs of undergraduate life written by former members of the college in each matriculation year from 1913 to 1990, illustrated, indexed, and with a short introduction. Among the cast are Isaiah Berlin (matriculated 1928), Max Beloff (1932), and Vikram Seth (1971), but also many lesser-known undergraduates who have yet to achieve fame or who never sought it. The History of the University of Oxford, vol. 8: The Twentieth Century Edited by Brian Harrison (Oxford, 1994) The first comprehensive study of how Oxford has responded to the formidable challenges it encountered between 1914 and 1970. Its twenty-seven chapters deal with such themes as the impact of the two world wars, the recruitment of junior members, the workings of the college system, the evolution of the arts and sciences, the changing role of women, and the university's impact on many areas of British and international life: religion, medicine, politics, literary culture, sport, and British society generally. Click here for details. Prudent Revolutionaries: Portraits of British Feminists between the Wars Brian Harrison (Oxford, 1987) In ten chapters the breadth and scale of inter-war feminist activity are illuminated through biographical studies of prominent feminists, including Lady Astor, Ellen Wilkinson, Eleanor Rathbone, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Ray Strachey. With an introduction and conclusion, the memoirs collectively bring out the complexities of what 'feminism' involves and the difficulties of advancing it in an age of feminist decline. A Hundred Years Ago: Britain in the 1880s in Words and Photographs Colin Ford and Brian Harrison (Penguin Books, 1983) A strongly visual portrait of British society in all its aspects during the decade, drawing heavily upon the 230 contemporary photographs reproduced in the book, with chapters on childhood, family life, religion, work, and recreation. Written in collaboration with a historian of photography. Peacable Kingdom: Stability and Change in Modern Britain Brian Harrison (Oxford, 1982) A collection of eight substantial and thoroughly documented essays on aspects of British social and political history since the 1780s, ranging from suffragette violence to philanthropy, from centrist politics to working-class respectability, from social investigation to recreational change. The emphasis lies on influences making for political continuity and social stability in an age of massive social and economic change. Robert Lowery: Radical and Chartist Edited by Brian Harrison and Patricia Hollis (Europa Publications, 1979) An amply footnoted and indexed edition of a vividly evocative autobiography written by a leading chartist, reprinted in its entirety together with reports of his major speeches and earlier writings. Separate Spheres: the Opposition to Women's Suffrage in Britain Brian Harrison (Croom Helm, 1978) This remains the only sustained account of British anti-suffragism: of its late-Victorian and Edwardian outlook and arguments, and of its organizational history between 1908 and 1918. Drink and the Victorians Brian Harrison (Faber & Faber, 1971; 2nd edn, revised and re-indexed, Keele University Press, 1994) A history of the temperance movement set in the context of the role that drink and drinksellers performed in Victorian society. Amply illustrated, footnoted, and indexed, this book emphasizes the political and social importance of nonconformity and self-help, lends historical perspective to the study of pressure groups and political parties, and illuminates Victorian attitudes to social class and popular recreation. |
