Ben Tillett: Portrait of a Labour Leader

Author:   Jonathan Schneer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   29
ISBN:  

9781138331693


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   23 November 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Ben Tillett: Portrait of a Labour Leader


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First published in 1982. To study Tillett’s career is to study the modern British labour movement in its formative stages. His rhetoric and activities cast light upon some of the most important periods in labour history. In this book, not only the career of this remarkable and mercurial man is analysed, but our knowledge of the wider scene in which he played so major a role is increased. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of political history.

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Author:   Jonathan Schneer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   29
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781138331693


ISBN 10:   1138331694
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   23 November 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Early Years in Bristol and London 2. The Liberal Working Man, 1887-8 3. The New Unionist, 1888-90 4. The Socialist New Unionist, 1890-2 5. The Employers’ Counter-offensive: Bristol and Hull, 1892-3 6. Discord in the Labour Movement, 1893-9 7. ‘Cooing Dove/Stormy Petrel’, 1899-1910 8. The Agitator Redux, 1910-14 9. The Agitator as Patriot, 1914-18 10. One of the ‘Old Guard’, 1918-23; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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Jonathan Schneer is Professor of British History at Georgia Tech and the author of a number of highly acclaimed books on British history including London 1900- The Imperial Metropolis, The Thames- England's River and The Balfour Declaration, which won the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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