Labour's lost leader : the life and politics of Will Crooks / Paul Tyler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyler, Paul, 1946-

Series:

International library of political studies ; 12.

International library of political studies ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crooks, Will, 1852-1921.

Crooks, Will.

Labor union members--Great Britain--Biography.

Labor union members.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 283 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies ; New York : In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

The significant and sometimes controversial figure, Will Crooks, who became the Chairman of the Popular Board of Guardians and a leading pioneer of the trade union and labour movement, has been overlooked by modern historians. Here Paul Tyler presents a groundbreaking political biography of a significant Labour figure at both a local and national level and an important reinterpretation of the early trade union and labour movement from the 1880s to the 1920s.

Contents:

Part 1 Local Activist and Labour Pioneer 1852-1907

1 Will Crooks of Poplar 17

2 Guardian of the Poor 41

3 Unemployment and the Poor Law 67

4 Woolwich and independent Labour representation 100

Part 2 Labour Pioneer and Member of Paruament 1903-1921

5 Member for Woolwich 125

6 Role in Parliament and the General Elections of 1910 153

7 Returns to the Parliamentary Fray 175

8 War and Peace 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-272) and index.

ISBN:

1845111680

9781845111687

OCLC:

70128464