For class and country : the patriotic left and the First World War /

This book argues that labour patriotism characterised the left's stance on the First World War, the anti-war stance was marginalised, and this patriotism both held the labour movement together and ensured greater electoral success after 1918.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swift, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2017.
Colección:Studies in labour history (Liverpool University Press) ; 9.
Temas:
Labour Party (Great Britain) > History > 20th century.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
1900-1999
War and socialism.
Guerre et socialisme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
War and socialism
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Tables and Graphs
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 â#x80;#x98;If this is to be a jingo, then I am a jingoâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour Patriotism before 1914
  • 2 â#x80;#x98;Iâ#x80;#x99;d sooner blackleg my union than blackleg my countryâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour Patriotism, 1914â#x80;#x93;18
  • August 1914
  • The Workersâ#x80;#x99; National Committee and Labour Support for the War
  • Who Were the Labour Patriots?
  • Workers and Trade Unions
  • Anti-Germanism
  • Labour Heroes
  • 3 â#x80;#x98;Middle-class peace men?â#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour and the Anti-War Agitation
  • Conscription, 1916â#x80;#x93;18Wartime Strikes, 1915â#x80;#x93;18
  • The Anti-War Movement, 1915â#x80;#x93;18
  • The Leeds and Stockholm Conferences
  • 4 â#x80;#x98;Our Platform is Broad Enough and our Movement Big Enoughâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; The War and Recruits to Labour
  • The Conversion of Liberal and Conservative Elites
  • Labour, Soldiers, and Ex-Servicemen
  • The War and the Appeal to the New Electorate
  • 5 â#x80;#x98;The experiments are not found wantingâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour and the Wartime State
  • The Wartime Growth of the British State
  • Labour and the Workers during the War
  • The Impact of the War on the Relationship between the British Left and the State6 â#x80;#x98;The greatest democratic force British politics have knownâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour Cohesion and the War
  • The Trade Unions and the Labour Party
  • Labour and Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Organisations
  • The Co-operative Movement and Labour
  • Socialist Societies and the Labour Party
  • The Rise and Decline of the Ultra-Patriots
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography

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