The political trajectory of J.T. Murphy / Ralph Darlington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darlington, Ralph, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor leaders--Great Britain--Biography.

Labor leaders.

Communists--Great Britain--Biography.

Communists.

Murphy, J. T. (John Thomas), 1888-1965.

Murphy, J. T.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

J. T. Murphy was one of the most important worker-intellectual figures of early twentieth-century British labour history. Using completely new and previously unpublished material (from the British Communist Party's archives and the Russian Centre for the Preservation and Study of Recent History in Moscow), this book not only tells the fascinating story of Murphy's political trajectory, but also provides a critical re-examination of the historical and social significance of the early British revolutionary movement in which he played such a prominent role.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Chronology; Preface and Acknowledgements; Photographs; 1: The Early Years in Sheffield, 1888-1917; 2: The Shop Stewards' Movement, 1917-1919; 3: Towards Bolshevism, 1919-1920; 4: The Communist Party and the Labour Movement, 1920-1926; 5: The Comintern and Stalinism, 1926-1928; 7: Towards Left Reformism, 1932-1936; 8: Popular Frontism and Re-appraisal, 1936-1965; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-810-5

1-84631-381-3

OCLC:

476209453