Paul Adelman is a British historian who specialises in British

political history Political history is the narrative and survey of political events, ideas, movements, organs of government, voters, parties and leaders. It is closely related to other fields of history, including diplomatic history, constitutional history, soci ...

of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. Adelman has written four volumes in the popular

Seminar Studies in History Seminar Studies in History is a book series for undergraduate and younger students that aims to bridge the gap between the monograph and the full size university textbook. The series was established in 1968 by history teacher Patrick Richardson, a ...

series, intended for undergraduate and younger study, and two in the

Access to History Access to History is a British book series designed for pre-university study. The series was conceived and developed by Keith Randell (1943-2002), who wanted to produce books for students "as they are, not as we might wish them to be". The series ...

series from Hodder intended for pre-university study. Adelman has also written for a number of journals, including ''

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''. He is a former school teacher and reader in history at

Kingston University Kingston University London is a Public university, public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South London, South West London, England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded ...

Selected publications

*''Gladstone, Disraeli and Later Victorian Politics''.

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, 1970. (Seminar Studies in History) (2nd edn 1983, 3rd 1997) *''The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945''. Longman, 1972. (Seminar Studies in History) *''The Decline of the Liberal Party, 1910-31''. Longman, 1982. (Seminar Studies in History) *''Victorian radicalism: The middle-class experience 1830-1914''. Longman, 1984. (Studies in Modern History) *''British Politics in the 1930s and 1940s''.

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

, 1987. (

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) *''Peel and the Conservative Party 1830-1850''. Longman, 1989. (Seminar Studies In History) *''Britain: Domestic Politics, 1939-64''. Hodder Education, 1994. (Access to History) *''Great Britain and the Irish Question 1798-1921''. Hodder Education, 2005. (With Robert Pearce) (Access to History)Access To History: Great Britain and the Irish Question 1798-1921 Third Edition.
Hodder Education. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

References

Living people British historians Year of birth missing (living people) British schoolteachers Academics of Kingston University {{UK-historian-stub