1st Edition

A History of British Socialism (1919) Volume 1

By M. Beer Copyright 2001
388 Pages
by Routledge

This is volume 1 in the set A History of British Socialism. These volumes study the political thought experienced as a result of the massive transition of the British countryside to capitalist agriculture and capitalist industry.

INTRODUCTION BY R.H. TAWNEY PREFACE NOTE TO 1940 EDITION Part I MEDIAEVAL COMMUNISM I. PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN INFLUENCES II. THE ENGLISH SCHOOLMEN III. EARLY ENGLISH COMMUNISM IV. EXTINCTION OF MEDIAEVALISM V. CIVIL WAR AND RESTORATION VI. THE ANTI-COMMUNIST PERIOD Part II (1760-1834) I. THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION II. COMMUNIST AND DEMOCRATIC FERMENT III. STORM AND STRESS IV. THE ECONOMISTS VI. OWENITE AND RICARDIAN INFLUENCES VII. THE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIALISTS VIII. ECONOMICS OF ANTI-CAPITALISM IX. SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE CRITICS X. THE BIRTH OF CHARTISM XI. THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE WORKING CLASS AND THE MIDDLE CLASS XII. SEPARATION OF THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASSES

Biography

M. Beer