G. R. Searle
British historian and professor
Geoffrey Russell Searle, born 1941, is a British historian, specialising in British nineteenth century history. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of East Anglia.
Works
The Quest for National Efficiency: A Study in British Politics and Political Thought, 1899-1914 (1971).
Eugenics and Politics in Britain, 1900-1914 (1976).
Corruption in British Politics, 1895-1930 (1987).
The Liberal Party: Triumph and Disintegration, 1886-1929 (1992).
Entrepreneurial Politics in Mid-Victorian Britain (1993).
Country Before Party: Coalition and the Idea of National Government in Modern Britain, 1885-1987 (1995).
Morality and the Market in Victorian Britain (1998).
A New England?
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