Studies in Labour History: Studies in Labour History
About the Book Series
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Social Relations in the Estate Villages of Mecklenburg c.1880–1924
1st Edition
By Simon Constantine
October 31, 2016
Research on late nineteenth and early twentieth century German society has concentrated overwhelmingly on life in the cities. By contrast, and despite the fact that almost one third of Germans were still working in agriculture as late as 1914, Germany's rural society remains relatively unexplored. ...
English Farmworkers and Local Patriotism, 1900–1930
1st Edition
By Nicholas Mansfield
October 26, 2016
This new study looks at the ways in which the years surrounding the First World War shaped the lives of the rural workforce in Britain and how the patriotism unleashed by the war was used by those in power to blur class divisions and build conservative attitudes in rural communities. Using the area...
Regulating Health and Safety in the British Mining Industries, 1800–1914
1st Edition
By Catherine Mills
September 12, 2016
This book explores the emergence and growth of state responsibility for safer and healthier working practices in British mining and the responses of labour and industry to expanding regulation and control. It begins with an assessment of working practice in the coal and metalliferous mining ...
The Foundations of the British Labour Party: Identities, Cultures and Perspectives, 1900-39
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthew Worley
September 08, 2016
Interest in the Labour Party remains high, particularly following the unprecedented election of a third successive Labour government and amidst the on-going controversies that surround the New Labour project. Increasingly, the ideological basis of the Labour Party has come under scrutiny, with some...
Early Trade Unionism: Fraternity, Skill and the Politics of Labour
1st Edition
By Malcolm Chase
February 11, 2000
Once the heartland of British labour history, trade unionism has been marginalised in much recent scholarship. In a critical survey from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, this book argues for its reinstatement. Trade unionism is shown to be both intrinsically important and to provide a ...