1st Edition
The Foundations of the British Labour Party Identities, Cultures and Perspectives, 1900-39
Edited By Matthew Worley
Copyright 2009
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
by
Routledge
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Interest in the Labour Party remains high, particularly following the unprecedented election of a third successive Labour government and amidst the on-going controversies that surround the New Labour project. Increasingly, the ideological basis of the Labour Party has come under scrutiny, with some commentators and party members emphasizing progressive traditions within the party, whilst others... Read more
Contents: Introduction, Matthew Worley; John Robert Clynes and the making of Labour socialism, 1890-1918, Robert Taylor; Lines of division: railway unions and Labour, 1900-39, Gerald Crompton; Deadweight or bedrock? The mineworkers and Labour, Andrew Taylor; The European context: aspects of British Labour and continental socialism before 1920, Chris Wrigley; Myth, history and the Independent Labour Party, Gidon Cohen; Labour and the intellectuals, David Stack; The distinctiveness of British socialism? Religion and the rise of Labour, c.1900-39, Peter Catterall; Labour's lost soul? Recovering the Labour church, Jacqueline Turner; Women and Labour politics, June Hannam; The fruits on the tree: Labour's constituency parties between the wars, Matthew Worley; 'A union of forces marching in the same direction'? The relationship between the Co-operative and Labour parties, 1918-39, Nicole Robertson; Counter-Toryism: Labour's response to anti-socialist propaganda, 1918-39, Laura Beers; Index.
Biography
Matthew Worley is Reader in History at the University of Reading.
