LEADER 05082nam 22008175 450 001 9910951802203321 005 20250514181200.0 010 $a9783031735882 010 $a3031735889 010 $z9783031735875$b(print) 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-73588-2 035 $a(CKB)37312937700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31885447 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31885447 035 $a(OCoLC)1490380704 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-73588-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937312937700041 100 $a20250122d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#|||a|||a 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aA. L. Morton and the radical tradition /$fby James Crossley 210 1$aCham :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 432 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave studies in utopianism,$x2946-448X 311 08$a9783031735875 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Growing Up -- Chapter 3: Steyning and Summerhill, 1924 1928 -- Chapter 4: Class against Class: London, 1929 1934 -- Chapter 5: "Something to Do with the Daily Worker": 1934 1937 -- Chapter 6: History Progresses on the Popular Front: A People's History of England -- Chapter 7: Early Receptions of A People's History of England -- Chapter 8: East of England: The War Years -- Chapter 9: Towards Utopia -- Chapter 10: The Communist Party Historians' Group -- Chapter 11: The English Utopia.p -- Chapter 12: England and the USA -- Chapter 13: From Sedgemoor to Netherwood: History from Below -- Chapter 14: 1956 -- Chapter 15: Civil Wars after 1956 -- Chapter 16: Ranters, Sects, and Utopians: Local and Beyond -- Chapter 17: Invoking the Muse of British Socialism -- Chapter 18: Turning 60 -- Chapter 19: The Matter of Britain -- Chapter 20: Ranters of '68 -- Chapter 21: The Seventies -- Chapter 22: The Party Is Not Always Right -- Chapter 23: Reflections: Intellectuals. 330 $aThis is the first book-length treatment of the life and thought of the Communist intellectual A. L. Morton (1903-1987) who pioneered studies of utopianism, radical history, and English national identity. Morton is now best known for A People's History of England (1938) and The English Utopia (1952), but his output was vast, and he was once widely read in socialist circles and beyond. He published on the English Revolution, Chartism, the emergence of the British labour movement, the legacy of utopianism in working-class movements, Arthurian legends, Shakespeare, the Brontė sisters, Robert Owen, William Morris, millenarianism, imperialism, and much more. Through extensive archival work (including recently released secret service files) and a close reading of Morton's publications, this book shows how Morton was a key influence on the famed generation of British Marxist historians associated with the postwar Communist Party Historians' Group, often anticipating their more celebrated findings. This book analyses the interrelated significance of Morton's political work and his role within the Communist Party of Great Britain at crucial points in its history. The book further functions, then, as a story of English socialism and Communism during the Cold War. James Crossley is Research Professor at MF Oslo in Norway, Academic Director of the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM), and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London. 410 0$aPalgrave studies in utopianism.$x2946-448X 606 $aSocialists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aUtopian socialism$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aRadicalism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aIntellectual life$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aPolitical Philosophy 606 $aIntellectual History 606 $aModern History 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aLiterary History 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory 608 $aBiographies.$2lcgft 615 0$aSocialists 615 0$aUtopian socialism$xHistory. 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aIntellectual life$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism. 615 14$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aPolitical Philosophy. 615 24$aIntellectual History. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aLiterary History. 676 $a303.4840941 700 $aCrossley$b James G.$0960280 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910951802203321 996 $aA. L. Morton and the radical tradition$94377226 997 $aUNINA