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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782406103321

Autore

Reid J. H. Stewart <1909-1963.>

Titolo

The origins of the British Labour Party / / J.H. Stewart Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [1955]

ISBN

0-8166-6412-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 pages)

Disciplina

329.942

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; 1 THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND QUESTION; 2 LABOR ORGANIZATION, OLD AND NEW; 3 THE CAMPAIGN FOR INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATION; 4 THE SOCIALIST APPEAL; 5 THE INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY; 6 THE FORMATION OF THE LABOUR ALLIANCE; 7 THE LABOUR REPRESENTATION COMMITTEE; 8 THE ELECTION OF 1906; 9 THE LABOUR PARTY: ITS POLICY AND PROGRAMME; 10 LABOUR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1906-1910; 11 LABOUR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1910-1914; 12 ATTACKS ON THE LABOUR ALLIANCE; 13 REVOLT IN THE PARTY; 14 LABOR AND THE WAR; 15 THE SOCIALIST BASIS

APPENDIX I. Number of Members in British Trade Unions, 1892-1919 APPENDIX II. Composition of the Labour Party of Great Britain, 1900-1919; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

What were the social and economic forces in England that gave rise to the British Labour Party? How did the party function in its formative years? How does the British labor movement compare with its American counterpart?