The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Home Front (including Ireland) The Political Scene
RCC8021
Labour, British Radicalism and the First World War
ISBN
9781526109309
Purchase Price
£17.39 (new)
Date Purchased
February 18, 2021
Publisher
Manchester University Press (2019, Manchester)
Notes
This book offers 13 essays which consider the war's impact on British life, from the parliamentary left to women and work. Based on archival research, it offers bite sized analyses of several issues that remain of critical importance to the development of modern Britain. The details of the essays are as follows: 1. "Peace, but not at any price: British socialists' calls for peace on the eve of the First World War" by Marcus Morris, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University. 2. "At the crossroads: the Labour Party, the trade unions and the choices of direction for the democratic left" by Chris Wrigley, Emeritus Professor of Modern British History at Nottingham University. 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" by Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist in the Parliamentary Archives. 4. "Labour and Socialism during the First World War in Bristol and Northampton" by Matthew Kidd, a Doctoral Graduate at Nottingham University and a Project Researcher at the University of Gloucestershire. 5. "A stronghold of liberalism? The north-east Lancashire cotton weaving districts and the First World War" by Jack Southern, a Lecturer in Public History at the University of Central Lancashire. 6. "Living through war, waging peace": comparing Mary Macarthur and Sylvia Pankhurst" by Deborah Thom, A Fellow and Tutor at Robinson College, Cambridge. 7. "Industrial unionism for women: Ellen Wilkinson and the unionisation of shop workers, 1915-1918" by Matt Perry, a Reader in Labour History at the University of Newcastle. 8. "The unsung heroines of radical wartime activism? gender, militarism and collective action in the British Women's Corps" by Krisztina Roberts, a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Roehampton. 9. "Charlie Chaplin's War: a British radical in tumultuous times" by Richard Carr. 10. "Irish labour and the "Co-operative Commonwealth" in the era of the First World War" by Marc Mulholland, a Lecturer with the History Faculty and Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford. 11. " Russia's war and revolutions as seen by Morgan Philips Price and Arthur Henderson" by Jonathan Davis, Senior Lecturer in History and Politics at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. 12. "The Stanford Connection: David Starr Jordan, eugenics and the Anglo-American anti-war movement" by Gavin Baird, a Legal Analyst on the Competitions Team at Google, and Bradley W. Hart, an Assistant Professor in the College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Fresno. 13. "The problem of war aims and the Treaty of Versailles" by John Callaghan, Professor of Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford.
9781526109309
Purchase Price
£17.39 (new)
Date Purchased
February 18, 2021
Publisher
Manchester University Press (2019, Manchester)
Notes
This book offers 13 essays which consider the war's impact on British life, from the parliamentary left to women and work. Based on archival research, it offers bite sized analyses of several issues that remain of critical importance to the development of modern Britain. The details of the essays are as follows: 1. "Peace, but not at any price: British socialists' calls for peace on the eve of the First World War" by Marcus Morris, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Manchester Metropolitan University. 2. "At the crossroads: the Labour Party, the trade unions and the choices of direction for the democratic left" by Chris Wrigley, Emeritus Professor of Modern British History at Nottingham University. 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" by Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist in the Parliamentary Archives. 4. "Labour and Socialism during the First World War in Bristol and Northampton" by Matthew Kidd, a Doctoral Graduate at Nottingham University and a Project Researcher at the University of Gloucestershire. 5. "A stronghold of liberalism? The north-east Lancashire cotton weaving districts and the First World War" by Jack Southern, a Lecturer in Public History at the University of Central Lancashire. 6. "Living through war, waging peace": comparing Mary Macarthur and Sylvia Pankhurst" by Deborah Thom, A Fellow and Tutor at Robinson College, Cambridge. 7. "Industrial unionism for women: Ellen Wilkinson and the unionisation of shop workers, 1915-1918" by Matt Perry, a Reader in Labour History at the University of Newcastle. 8. "The unsung heroines of radical wartime activism? gender, militarism and collective action in the British Women's Corps" by Krisztina Roberts, a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Roehampton. 9. "Charlie Chaplin's War: a British radical in tumultuous times" by Richard Carr. 10. "Irish labour and the "Co-operative Commonwealth" in the era of the First World War" by Marc Mulholland, a Lecturer with the History Faculty and Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford. 11. " Russia's war and revolutions as seen by Morgan Philips Price and Arthur Henderson" by Jonathan Davis, Senior Lecturer in History and Politics at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. 12. "The Stanford Connection: David Starr Jordan, eugenics and the Anglo-American anti-war movement" by Gavin Baird, a Legal Analyst on the Competitions Team at Google, and Bradley W. Hart, an Assistant Professor in the College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Fresno. 13. "The problem of war aims and the Treaty of Versailles" by John Callaghan, Professor of Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford.