In this important volume, Redfern rigorously examines the relationship between British labour and British capital during the two world wars of the twentieth century.
In this important volume, Redfern rigorously examines the relationship between British labour and British capital during the two world wars of the twentieth century.
Neil Redfern, Ph.D. (Manchester, 1998), is now retired. He has taught history at Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University. He has published a monograph Class or Nation Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars (I.B. Tauris, 2005) and many articles on the communist movement.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Rallying Round the Flag 1 The Labour Movement and the War 2 Mustering the Masses for War 3 The End of the Road for Liberalism? 4 The Discontents and Demands of the Labour Movement 5 &'Dilution' and the Mobilisation of Women 2 Labour's Unrest and Capital's Promises 1 Conscriptions and &'Conchies' 2 Social Patriots and (a few) Internationalists 3 Labour Unrest and (eventual) Government Response 4 Strikes, Shop Stewards and Revolutionaries 5 A Better World Coming? 6 More Strikes, More Shop Stewards and Some Revolutionaries 3 1919: A &'Red Year'? 1 A Revolutionary Situation in Britain? 2 Expanding the Franchise: Suffragettes, Suffragists and the Labour Party 3 Labourists, Feminists and Socialists: Labour's New Platform 4 The Labour Movement in the General Election of 1918 5 1919: A Tumultuous but not &'Red Year' in Lancashire 6 Housing Reform and the Municipal Elections of 1919 7 The Post-War Crisis, the Working Class, and the Empire 4 Rallying Round the Flag Again 1 An Imperialist War in Anti-Fascist Clothing 2 The Crisis of 1940 3 Building a Labour-Capital Pact 4 Never Again! The Early Growth of Popular Reform Sentiment 5 Dissent and Discontent in the Working Class and in the Labour Movement 6 Joint Production Committees: A &'Nazi System of Labour Organisation'? 7 Out of the Kitchen Again: Mobilising Women to &'do their bit' 8 Not Counting the Colonies: The Labour Movement and the Empire 9 A Social-Imperialist Surge for Reform 5 Building the Social-Imperialist Settlement 1 Beveridge Promises a New World 2 The &'Old Gang' Takes an Ideological and Political Beating 3 A Resurgence of Industrial Unrest 4 A Touch on the Reform Accelerator 5 More Promises, More Unrest, More Discontent 6 Social Imperialism Triumphant: The Last Phase of the War 7 Labour to Power: The End of the War and the General Election Conclusion and Postscript Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Rallying Round the Flag 1 The Labour Movement and the War 2 Mustering the Masses for War 3 The End of the Road for Liberalism? 4 The Discontents and Demands of the Labour Movement 5 &'Dilution' and the Mobilisation of Women 2 Labour's Unrest and Capital's Promises 1 Conscriptions and &'Conchies' 2 Social Patriots and (a few) Internationalists 3 Labour Unrest and (eventual) Government Response 4 Strikes, Shop Stewards and Revolutionaries 5 A Better World Coming? 6 More Strikes, More Shop Stewards and Some Revolutionaries 3 1919: A &'Red Year'? 1 A Revolutionary Situation in Britain? 2 Expanding the Franchise: Suffragettes, Suffragists and the Labour Party 3 Labourists, Feminists and Socialists: Labour's New Platform 4 The Labour Movement in the General Election of 1918 5 1919: A Tumultuous but not &'Red Year' in Lancashire 6 Housing Reform and the Municipal Elections of 1919 7 The Post-War Crisis, the Working Class, and the Empire 4 Rallying Round the Flag Again 1 An Imperialist War in Anti-Fascist Clothing 2 The Crisis of 1940 3 Building a Labour-Capital Pact 4 Never Again! The Early Growth of Popular Reform Sentiment 5 Dissent and Discontent in the Working Class and in the Labour Movement 6 Joint Production Committees: A &'Nazi System of Labour Organisation'? 7 Out of the Kitchen Again: Mobilising Women to &'do their bit' 8 Not Counting the Colonies: The Labour Movement and the Empire 9 A Social-Imperialist Surge for Reform 5 Building the Social-Imperialist Settlement 1 Beveridge Promises a New World 2 The &'Old Gang' Takes an Ideological and Political Beating 3 A Resurgence of Industrial Unrest 4 A Touch on the Reform Accelerator 5 More Promises, More Unrest, More Discontent 6 Social Imperialism Triumphant: The Last Phase of the War 7 Labour to Power: The End of the War and the General Election Conclusion and Postscript Bibliography Index
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