Labour, British radicalism and the First World War [Hardcover]

This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War. There are three broad areas this work intends to make a contribution to; the first is to help us further understand the role the Labour Party played in the conflict, and its evolving attitudes towards the war; the second strand concerns the notion of work, and particularly womens work; the third strand deals with the impact of theory and practice of forces located largely outside the United Kingdom. Through these essays this book aims to provide a series of thirteen bite-size analyses of key issues affecting the British left throughout the war, and to further our understanding of it in this critical period of commemoration.Lucy Bland is Professor of Social and Cultural History at Anglia Ruskin University

Richard Carr is Senior Lecturer in History and Politics at Anglia Ruskin UniversityThis book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War.Introduction  Lucy Bland and Richard Carr
1 Peace, but not at any price: British socialists calls for peace on the eve of World War One  Marcus Morris
2 At the crossroads: the Labour Party, the trade unions and the choices of direction for the democratic Left  Chris Wrigley
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  Mari Takayanagi
4 Labour and socialism during the Great War in Bristol and Northampton  Matthew Kidd
5 A stronghold of liberalism? The north-east Lancashire cotton weaving districts and the First World War  Jack Southern
6 Living through war, waging peace: comparing Mary Macarthur and Sylvia Pankhurst  Deborah Thom
7 'Industrial unionism for women': Ellen Wilkinson and the unionisation of shop lc&