1st Edition

The History of the Fabian Society

By Edward Pease Copyright 1918
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1918. Whatever one's views no one can deny the endurance or influence of a society in which the Webbs, Shaw, Annie Besant, Wallas, Wells, etc., almost all the 'personalities' of the period, were involved to a lesser or greater extent and which has played such an important part in the oscial thought of England. Yet, so little is known about the society's early history that... Read more
Introduction.  1. The Sources of Fabian Socialism.  2. The Foundations of the Society: 1883-4.  3. The Early Days: 1884-6.  4. The Formation of Fabian Policy: 1886-9.  5. 'Fabian Essays' and the Lancashire Campaign: 1890-3.  6. 'To your tents, O Israel': 1894-1900.  7. 'Fabianism and the Empire': 1900-1.  8. Education: 1902-5, and the Labour Party: 1900-15.  9. The Episode of Mr. Wells: 1906-8.  10. The Policy of Expansion: 1907-12.  11. The Minority Report, Syndicalism and Research: 1909-15.  12. The Lessons of Thirty Years.  13: Victory in Sight, 1916-1924.

Biography

Edward Pease