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Labour, British radicalism and the First World War /
This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Peace, but not at any price: British socialists' calls for peace on the eve of the First World War; 2 At the crossroads: the Labour Party, the trade unions and the choices of direction for the democratic left; 3 'One of the most revolutionary proposals that has ever been put before the House': the passage of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918; 4 Labour and socialism during the First World War in Bristol and Northampton.
- 5 A stronghold of liberalism? The north-east Lancashire cotton weaving districts and the First World War6 Living through war, waging peace: comparing Mary Macarthur and Sylvia Pankhurst; 7 'Industrial unionism for women': Ellen Wilkinson and the unionisation of shop workers, 1915-18; 8 The unsung heroines of radical wartime activism: gender, militarism and collective action in the British Women's Corps; 9 Charlie Chaplin's war: a British radical in tumultuous times; 10 Irish Labour and the 'Co-operative Commonwealth' in the era of the First World War.
- 11 Russia's war and revolutions as seen by Morgan Philips Price and Arthur Henderson12 The Stanford connection: David Starr Jordan, eugenics and the Anglo-American anti-war movement; 13 The problem of war aims and the Treaty of Versailles; Index.