LABOUR HISTORY AND THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN by Sidney Pollard ( 9780860787938 )

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LABOUR HISTORY AND THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN

By:

Sidney Pollard

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0860787931

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9780860787938

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 April, 1999

Series:

Variorum Collected Studies CS 652

Pages:

336

Description:

This volume focuses on labour history in Britain. It examines wages and living and working conditions in the 19th century, co-operation and the modern trade union movement. The changes in the labour movement are a major concern of these essays.

Synopsis:

This volume focuses on labour history in Britain, but brings in comparative material on the Continent, in particular inter-war Germany. Special attention is given to wages and living and working conditions in the 19th century, to Robert Owen and Co-operation, and to the modern trade union movement and its attempts to keep up the interests of its members in the fluctuating conditions of the late 19th and earlier 20th centuries. The author defends the notion that wage-earners have common interests and frequently share common experiences, and that their organisations have both a strictly economic aspect (trade unions) and a wider political dimension. The profound changes which the labour organisations underwent in the 19th and 20th centuries are a major concern of these essays.

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Includes 5 b&w illustrations

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