Cover13; -- Contents13; -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Exploited Workers or Agents of Imperialism? British Common Soldiers in the Nineteenth Century -- Empire before Labour: The 8220;Scramble for Africa8221; and the Media, 18808211;99 -- Labour and Empire: Australia and Britain from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Inter-War Years -- Weaving Tales of Empire: Gandhis Visit to Lancashire, 1931 -- Labour, Race and Empire: The Trades Union Congress and Colonial Policy, 19458211;51 -- Labours 8220;New Imperialist Attitude8221;: State-Sponsored Colonial Development in Africa, 19408211;51 -- Labour and the Central African Federation: Paternalism, Partnership and Black Nationalism, 19518211;60 -- Labour, European Integration and the Post-Imperial Mind, 19608211;75 -- 8220;A Complex Question about the Remnants of Empire8221;: The Labour Party and the Falklands War -- Contributors -- Index
Summary
This edited collection explores the British labour movement's relationship with imperialism in the period 1800-1982 through nine inter-connected articles. Labour historians have tended to neglect the labour movement's interaction with imperialism, preferr
