The origins of the British Labour Party / by J.H. Stewart Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, J. H. Stewart, 1909-1963.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [c1955]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What were the social and economic forces in England that gave rise to the British Labour Party? How did the party function in its formative years? How does the British labor movement compare with its American counterpart?

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; 1 THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND QUESTION; 2 LABOR ORGANIZATION, OLD AND NEW; 3 THE CAMPAIGN FOR INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATION; 4 THE SOCIALIST APPEAL; 5 THE INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY; 6 THE FORMATION OF THE LABOUR ALLIANCE; 7 THE LABOUR REPRESENTATION COMMITTEE; 8 THE ELECTION OF 1906; 9 THE LABOUR PARTY: ITS POLICY AND PROGRAMME; 10 LABOUR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1906-1910; 11 LABOUR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1910-1914; 12 ATTACKS ON THE LABOUR ALLIANCE; 13 REVOLT IN THE PARTY; 14 LABOR AND THE WAR; 15 THE SOCIALIST BASIS

APPENDIX I. Number of Members in British Trade Unions, 1892-1919 APPENDIX II. Composition of the Labour Party of Great Britain, 1900-1919; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6412-9

OCLC:

476161430