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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154581403321

Titolo

The foundations of the British Labour Party : identities, cultures and perspectives, 1900-39 / / edited by Matthew Worley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-88948-6

1-138-24948-3

1-315-23958-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in Labour History

Altri autori (Persone)

WorleyMatthew

Disciplina

324.2410709041

Soggetti

Great Britain Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction / Matthew Worley -- 2. John Robert Clynes and the making of labour socialism, 1890-1918 / Robert Taylor -- 3. Lines of division : railway unions and labour, 1900-39 / Gerald Crompton -- 4. Deadweight or bedrock? The mineworkers and labour / Andrew Taylor -- 5. The European context : aspects of British labour and continental socialism before 1920 / Chris Wrigley -- 6. Myth, history and the Independent Labour Party / Gidon Cohen -- 7. Labour and the intellectuals / David Stack -- 8. The distinctiveness of British socialism? Religion and the rise of labour, c.1900-39 / Peter Catterall -- 9. Labour's lost soul? Recovering the labour church / Jacqueline Turner -- 10. Women and labour politics / June Hannam -- 11. The fruits on the tree : labour's constituency parties between the wars / Matthew Worley -- 12. 'A union of forces marching in the same direction'? The relationship between the co-operative and labour parties, 1918-39 / Nicole Robertson -- 13. Counter-Toryism : labour's response to anti-socialist propaganda, 1918-39 / Laura Beers.