Title Comrade or Brother? : a history of the British labour movement / Mary Davis

Edition 2nd ed Published London ; New York, NY. : Pluto Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 304 pages) Contents Introduction -- Part 1: The Industrial Revolution. 1: Economic and political background 1780 -- 1850 ; 2: The ompact of the French Revolution 1789 -- 1815 ; 3: 1815 -- 1836 post war radicalism ; 4: The age of chartism -- Part 2: 1850 -- 1920, the workshop of the world and beyond. 5: Economic and political background 1850 -- 1918 ; 6: Trade unions, politics and the labour aristocracy 1850 -- 1880 ; 7: The rise of a mass labour movement -- trade unionism, 1880s -- 1914 ; 8: The rise of a mass labour movement -- socialist politics, 1880s -- 1914 ; 9: Labour, the shop stewards' movement and the First World War -- Part 3: Re-adjustment. 10: Economic and political background 1920 -- 1951 ; 11: Labour governments and unemployment 1920 -- 1931 ; 12: Trade unions, the general strike and the aftermath ; 13: The labour movement, fascism and anti-fascism and war ; 14: War and peace 1940 -- 1951 ; 15: The workers the labour movement forgot -- women and Black people 1926 -- 1951 ; 16: 1951 -- 1979 consensus politics? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index Summary 'The book stands comparison with A.L. Morton's 'People's History' and G.D.H. Cole's 'Common People'. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times.' John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland'This book is ideal for its purpose. I only wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses.' Jim Fryth, Labour History Review'At last a readable and accessible general history of the labour movement ... Highly recommended.' Manchester TUC Newsletter--A revised, updated and expanded edition of this classic feminist account of British labour history--Critical and iconoclastic, Comrade or Brother? traces the history of the British Labour Movement from its beginnings at the onset of industrialisation through its development within a capitalist society, up to the end of the twentieth-century. Written by a leading activist in the labour movement, the book redresses the balance in much labour history writing. It examines the place of women and the influence of racism and sexism as well as providing a critical analysis of the rival ideologies which played a role in the uneven development of the labour movement Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Labor movement -- Great Britain -- History Labor unions -- Great Britain -- History Working class -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History Black people -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History Industrial relations -- Great Britain -- History Labor policy -- Great Britain -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy. Black people -- Employment Industrial relations Labor movement Labor policy Labor unions Politics and government Women -- Employment Working class -- Political activity Arbeiterbewegung SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056868 Subject Great Britain Großbritannien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781849643153 1849643156 9781783716708 1783716703

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