Overview
- Brings together a range of specialist authors to comment upon the most important figures in the Labour movement from a variety of periods and backgrounds
- Engages with and reinforces recent historiographical developments in the field of labour history
- Emphasises the ethnic and national diversity of the British labour movement and neglected political traditions
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About this book
The Dictionary of Labour Biography has an outstanding reputation as a reference work for the study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history. Volume XV maintains this standard of original and thorough scholarship. Each entry is written by a specialist drawing on an array of primary and secondary sources. The biographical essays engage with recent historiographical developments in the field of labour history. The scope of the volume emphasises the ethnic and national diversity of the British labour movement and neglected political traditions.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
David Howell is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of York, UK. He has written extensively on the Labour Party and the trade union movement. He is the author of MacDonald's Party: Labour Identities and Crisis, 1922-1931 (2002). His most recent book is Mosley and British Politics 1918-32: Oswald’s Odyssey (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dictionary of Labour Biography
Book Subtitle: Volume XV
Editors: Keith Gildart, David Howell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45746-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Limited 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45745-5Published: 01 February 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-45746-2Published: 31 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 320
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Labor History, Social History, Political History, British Politics