02662nam 2200481 450 991079314920332120230817190745.090-04-32012-110.1163/9789004320123(CKB)4100000006672949(MiAaPQ)EBC5554998(nllekb)BRILL9789004320123(EXLCZ)99410000000667294920181023d2019 uy engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocial-Imperialism in BritainLeiden, Boston: Brill, 2019.1 online resource (279 pages)Historical materialism book series ;Volume 17190-04-32010-5 Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Rallying Round the Flag -- Labour’s Unrest and Capital’s Promises -- 1919: a ‘Red Year’? -- Rallying Round the Flag Again -- Building the Social-Imperialist Settlement -- Conclusion and Postscript -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.In Social-Imperialism in Britain Neil Redfern examines the relationship between British labour and British capital in the two world wars of the twentieth century. He argues that the Second World War, the so-called ‘People’s War’, no less than the First World War, was an imperialist war. He further argues that in both wars labour and capital entered into a social-imperialist contract in which labour would be rewarded for its support for war with such social and political reforms as votes for women and a health service, culminating in the ‘welfare state’ constructed after the Second World War. Concentrating on Lancashire, he examines the complex interaction between military successes and reverses, elite war aims, labour unrest and popular demands for reform.Historical Materialism Book Series171.Working classEnglandLancashireHistory20th centuryLabor movementGreat BritainHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Economic aspectsGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Economic aspectsGreat BritainWorking classHistoryLabor movementHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Economic aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Economic aspects331.11094276090411Neil Redfern1479045NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910793149203321Social-Imperialism in Britain3694928UNINA