1st Edition
Trade Unions and Society The Struggle for Acceptance, 1850-1880
By Hamish Fraser
Copyright 1974
291 Pages
by
Routledge
291 Pages
by
Routledge
291 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1974, Trade Unions and Society examines the process by which trade unions sought and achieved recognition in the three decades after 1850. It shows a parallel process: on the one hand, trade unionists struggling to attain the indispensable Victorian virtue, ‘respectability’, without sacrificing their essentially protective functions; on the other hand, employers recognizing... Read more
Introduction 1. Trade-union growth, structure and policy 2. Trade-union strategy 3. Enemies and friends 4. The employers 5. Trade unions and politics 6. Politicians and pressure groups 7. Versus the political economists 8. Trade unions and the law 9. Trade unions and the press 10. Trade unions and the working class Bibliographical notes on trade unionists Notes Select bibliography Index
Biography
W. Hamish Fraser
