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Author:   Laurence Marley
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9780719096013

ISBN 10:   0719096014
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction – Laurence Marley 1. A tangled legacy: the Irish ‘inheritance’ of British Labour – Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh 2. Uneasy Transitions: Irish nationalism, the rise of Labour and the Catholic Herald, 1888-1914 – Joan Allen 3. The British Labour Party, Belfast Labour and home rule, 1900–14 – Emmet O’Connor 4. ‘A parliamentary victory’: Ramsay MacDonald and Irish republican deportees, 1923 – Ivan Gibbons 5. ‘That link must be preserved, but there are other problems’: the British Labour Party and Derry, 1942–62 – Máirtín Ó Catháin 6. British Labour and developments in Ireland in the immediate post-war years – Peter Collins 7. ‘Not foreign’: the Republic of Ireland Act, 1948, and Labour’s response to the Irish in Britain – David Shaw 8. ‘Where the Tories rule’: Geoffrey Bing, MP, and partition – Bob Purdie 9. The British Labour Party and the tragedy of Northern Ireland Labour – Aaron Edwards 10. ‘Why don’t they all just go away?’ Reflections upon aspects of Labour policy towards Northern Ireland, 1966-1970: a personal narrative – Kevin McNamara 11. ‘Withdrawal on the table?’ Labour government policy on Northern Ireland, 1974–76 – Niall Ó Dochartaigh 12. Labour and police primacy in Northern Ireland, 1974–79 – Stuart C. Aveyard 13. Militant tendency, Ireland and the British Labour Party – John Cunningham 14. Some intellectual origins of the Labour left’s thought about Ireland, c.1979–97 – Stephen Howe 15. ‘The Irish dimension’: Anglo-Irish relations and the British Labour Party, 1981–94 – Melinda Sutton 16. ‘Leaving the soundbites at home?’ New Labour and Northern Ireland – Kevin Bean Index -- .

Reviews

'Laurence Marley and the contributors have put together an excellent collection of well-edited and well-researched chapters.this book is highly recommended reading for students of political developments in Ireland during this era.' Neil Pye, SSLH and Independent Researcher, Labour History Review, vol. 81 No. 2, July 2016 'All of the chapters to this volume are valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Labour Party and Ireland.every chapter was worthy of inclusion.' John Newsinger, Race and Class Vol 58, No 3 -- .

Laurence Marley and the contributors have put together an excellent collection of well-edited and well-researched chaptersELthis book is highly recommended reading for students of political developments in Ireland during this era. - Neil Pye, SSLH and Independent Researcher, Labour History Review, vol. 81 No. 2, July 2016

'Laurence Marley and the contributors have put together an excellent collection of well-edited and well-researched chapters.this book is highly recommended reading for students of political developments in Ireland during this era.' Neil Pye, SSLH and Independent Researcher, Labour History Review, vol. 81 No. 2, July 2016 'All of the chapters to this volume are valuable contributions to our knowledge of the Labour Party and Ireland.every chapter was worthy of inclusion.' John Newsinger, Race and Class Vol 58, No 3 -- .

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Laurence Marley is Lecturer in Modern Irish and British History at the National University of Ireland, Galway

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