TY - BOOK AU - Reekes,Andrew TI - The Birmingham Political Machine: Winning Elections for Joseph Chamberlain SN - 9781905036462 AV - DA565.C4 .R4454 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Havertown PB - West Midlands History Limited KW - Chamberlain, Joseph,-1836-1914 KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: Birmingham beginnings -- William Harris -- George Dixon -- CHAPTER TWO: The battle over education and Chamberlain's emergence -- Henry Crosskey -- Jesse Collings -- CHAPTER THREE: The Machine battles to control the Birmingham School Board -- Robert Dale -- John Skirrow Wright -- Rev Charles Vince -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Municipal Revolution -- William Kenrick -- Charles Edward Mathews -- George Baker -- Sir Thomas and Robert Martineau -- CHAPTER FIVE: Creating a national caucus -- Francis Schnadhorst -- John Thackray Bunce -- CHAPTER SIX: Building anew after the Crash of 1886 -- Joseph Powell Williams -- Arthur Chamberlain -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Machine's final incarnation - Tariff Reform -- Charles Vince -- William Hewins -- Afterword -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5501047 ER -