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Author:   Mary Davis
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.483kg
ISBN:  

9780745325774

ISBN 10:   0745325777
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 February 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: The Industrial Revolution 1. Economic and Political Background 1780 - 1850 2. The Impact of the French Revolution 1789 - 1815 3. 1815 - 1836 Post War Radicalism 4. The Age of Chartism Part 2: 1850 - 1920 The Workshop of the World and Beyond 5. Economic and Political Background 1850 - 1918 6. Trade Unions, Politics and the labour Aristocracy 1850 - 1880 7. The Rise of a Mass Labour Movement - Trade Unionism, 1880s - 1914 8. The Rise of a Mass Labour Movement - Socialist Politics, 1880s - 1914 9. Labour, the Shop Stewards; Movement and the First World War Part 3: Re-Adjustment 10. Economic and Political Background 1920 - 1951 11. Labour Governments and Unemployment 1920 - 1931 12. Trade Unions, the General Strike and the Aftermath 13. The Labour Movement, Fascism and anti-Fascism and War 14. War and peace 1940 - 1951 15. The Workers the Labour Movement Forgot - Women and Black People 1926 - 1951 16. 1951 - 1979 Consensus Politics? Conclusion Notes Index

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'The book stands comparison with A.L.Morton's 'People's History' and G.D.H. Cole's 'Common People'. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times.' John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland 'This book is ideal for its purpose. I only wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses.' Jim Fryth, Labour History Review 'At last a readable and accessible general history of the labour movement... Highly recommended.' Manchester TUC Newsletter

'Stands in comparison with A. L. Morton's People's History and G. D. H. Cole's Common People. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times' -- John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland 'Ideal - I wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses' -- Jim Fryth, Labour History Review 'At last a readable and accessible general history of the labour movement ... Highly recommended' -- Manchester TUC Newsletter

The book stands comparison with A.L.Morton's 'People's History' and G.D.H. Cole's 'Common People'. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times -- John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland This book is ideal for its purpose. I only wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses. -- Jim Fryth, Labour History Review At last a readable and accessible general history of the labour movement ... Highly recommended. -- Manchester TUC Newsletter

'At last a readable and accessible general history of the labour movement ... Highly recommended' -- Manchester TUC Newsletter 'Ideal - I wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses' -- Jim Fryth, Labour History Review 'Stands in comparison with A. L. Morton's People's History and G. D. H. Cole's Common People. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times' -- John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland

Author Information

Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009).

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