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1. British Prime Ministers From Balfour to Brown

   By Robert Pearce, Graham Goodlad

   The origins of the post of Prime Minister can be traced back to the eighteenth century when Sir Robert Walpole became the monarch’s principal minister. From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early years of the twenty-first, however, both the power and the significance of the role have been...

   Published March 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Attlee's Labour Governments 1945-51

   By Robert Pearce

   Series: Lancaster Pamphlets

   The Labour governments of 1945-51 are among the most important and controversial in modern British history, and have been the focus of extensive research over the last fifteen years. In this study, Robert Pearce makes the results of this research available in a concise and accessible form, whilst...

   Published November 17th 1993 by Routledge
3. The Turning Point in Africa

   British Colonial Policy 1938-48

   By Robert D. Pearce

   This is a study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-wqr eyars to the strategy of decolonization inaugurated after World War II....

   Published May 26th 1982 by Routledge