Call back yesterday, 1887-1931
Author | : Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Hugh Dalton Baron Dalton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Clare V. J. Griffiths |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2007-05-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191536970 |
The common reputation of the British Labour Party has always been as 'a thing of the town', an essentially urban phenomenon which has failed to engage with the rural electorate or identify itself with rural issues. Yet during the inter-war years, Labour viewed the countryside as a crucial electoral battleground - even claiming that the party could never form a majority administration without winning a significant number of seats across rural Britain. Committing itself to a series of campaigns in rural areas during the 1920s and 30s, Labour developed a rural and often specifically agricultural programme on which to attract new support and members. Labour and the Countryside takes this forgotten chapter in the party's history as a starting point for a fascinating and wide-ranging re-examination of the relationship between the British Left and rural Britain. The first account of this aspect of Labour's history, this book draws on extensive research across a wide variety of original source material, from local party minutes and trade union archives to the records of Labour's first two periods in government. Historical, literary, and visual representations of the countryside are also examined, along with newspapers, magazines, and propaganda materials. In reconstructing the contexts within which Labour attempted to redefine itself as a voice for the countryside, the resulting study presents a fresh perspective on the political history of the inter-war years.
Author | : Gill Bennett |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2006-10-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1134160348 |
Based on full access to official records, this text exposes the mysterious life and career of Desmond Morton, intelligence officer and personal adviser to Winston Churchill during the Second World War.
Author | : Ben Pimlott |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1977-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521214483 |
The 1930s was the 'Red Decade' of literary imagination. Yet there has seldom been a time when the influence of the British Left has been at a lower ebb.
Author | : K. Gildart |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2016-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230293484 |
Volume XIII of the Dictionary of Labour Biography maintains the standard of original and thorough scholarship for which the series has earned its outstanding reputation. A unique study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history, each entry is written by a specialist and engages with recent developments in the field of labour history.
Author | : Keith Layborn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2002-09-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134588739 |
This guidebook provides a complete overview of the lives and influence of fifty major figures in modern British political history. Reflecting the changes within British society and politics over the past century, the entries chart the development of key contemporary issues such as women's rights, immigration and the emergence of New Labour. Figures covered include: * Winston Churchill * Tony Blair * Emmeline Pankhurst * David Lloyd George * Margaret Thatcher * John Maynard Keynes * Enoch Powell * Barbara Castle With cross-referenced entries and helpful suggestions for further reading, this book is an essential guide for all those with an interest in understanding the dominating issues of modern British politics.
Author | : Keith Robbins |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 962 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780198224969 |
Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.
Author | : Peter Kriesler |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 1999-11-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 113482596X |
Geoff Harcourt has had a major impact on the field of Post-Keynesian economics, not only in his research but also in his teaching. Many of Harcourts students have gone on to make valuable contributions in this field. This volume brings together contributions from thirty such former students, now established in academic institutions around the world
Author | : Matthew Worley |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2005-03-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0857714163 |
In 1906, a confident Labour Party felt that it was already rattling the governing classes. Its campaigning cartoon, which gives this book its title, showed the party wielding an axe towards the gates of Parliament, cutting through the special interests protecting the old system to aid the working classes. What followed was the remarkable transformation of a parliamentary pressure group into a credible governing force. The inter-war years were a crucial stage in the development of the Labour Party as it grew from pressure group status, to national opposition, to party of government. At the end of the Great War (1914-1918) Labour had a developing national organisation and a fledgling constitution. By 1922, it rivalled the war-ravaged Liberals as the party of opposition; a fact that was affirmed with the formation of the first minority Labour government in January 1924. The second Labour administration of 1929 collapsed amidst the whirlwind of the 'great depression' but the organisational basis of the party remained solid allowing Labour to reinvent itself over the 1930s. By the Second World War, the foundations had been laid for the landslide victory that brought in the Attlee government of 1945. Matthew Worley has written the first study dedicated solely to this crucial period in Labour's development. In an accessible style, he provides a comprehensive account of all aspects of the movement. Using a wide range of sources, he explores this often-marginalised period in Labour's history both looking at the parliamentary party and the growing network of constituency parties. Worley's approach unites high politics and issues that cross local and national boundaries. He combines policy, social history and economics with broader themes such as gender and culture. Labour inside the Gate will appeal to students and scholars as well as all those interested in Labour's history. Its new insights into the 1945 landslide victory illuminate this important period in the growth of the Labour Party as it continues to redefine and realign itself as the new “party of government”