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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Peace, but not at any price: British socialists' calls for peace on the eve of the First World War; 2 At the crossroads: the Labour Party, the trade unions and the choices of direction for the democratic left; 3 'One of the most revolutionary proposals that has ever been put before the House': the passage of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918; 4 Labour and socialism during the First World War in Bristol and Northampton. |
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5 A stronghold of liberalism? The north-east Lancashire cotton weaving districts and the First World War6 Living through war, waging peace: comparing Mary Macarthur and Sylvia Pankhurst; 7 'Industrial unionism for women': Ellen Wilkinson and the unionisation of shop workers, 1915-18; 8 The unsung heroines of radical wartime activism: gender, militarism and collective action in the British Women's Corps; 9 Charlie Chaplin's war: a British radical in tumultuous times; 10 Irish Labour and the 'Co-operative Commonwealth' in the era of the First World War. |
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11 Russia's war and revolutions as seen by Morgan Philips Price and Arthur Henderson12 The Stanford connection: David Starr Jordan, eugenics and the Anglo-American anti-war movement; 13 The problem of war aims and the Treaty of Versailles; Index. |
Summary |
This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century.
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Labour Party (Great Britain) |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Radicalism. |
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Great Britain. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Political aspects.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936.
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1910-1936 |
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1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Bland, Lucy, editor.
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Carr, Richard, 1985- editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Labour, British radicalism and the First World War. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018 1526109298 (OCoLC)990854066 |
ISBN |
9781526136015 (electronic book) |
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1526136015 (electronic book) |
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9781526109323 (electronic book) |
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1526109328 (electronic book) |
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9781526109316 (electronic book) |
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152610931X (electronic book) |
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9781526109293 (hardcover) |
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1526109298 |
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