Labour united and divided from the 1830s to the present [Hardcover]

Spanning a period which stretches from the 19th century to the present day, this book takes a novel look at the British labour movement by examining the interaction between trade unions, the Labour Party, other parties and groups of the Left, and the wider working class, to highlight the dialectic nature of these relationships, marked by consensus and dissention. It shows that, although perceived as a source of weakness, those inner conflicts have also been a source of creative tension, at times generating significant breakthroughs. The book brings together labour historians and political scientists who provide a range of case studies as well as more wide-ranging assessments of recent trends in labour organising. It will therefore be of interest to academics and students of history and politics, as well as to practitioners, in the British Isles and beyond.
Introduction: The British labour movement between unity and division - Emmanuelle Avril and Yann B?liard

Part I: Labour's first century: disputed solidarities

1 The Grand National Consolidated Trades' Union, 1833-1834. Class and conflict in the early British labour movement - Oph?lie Sim?on

2 The Knights of Labor and the British trade unions, 1880-1900 - Steven Parfitt

3 The struggle for control of the Durham Miners' Association, 1890s-1915 - Lewis H. Mates

4Contested coordinator. The Hull Trades Council, 1872-1914 - Yann B?liard

5 Domestic servants and the labour movement, 1870s-1914: a 'race apart'? - Anna Clark

Part II: Convergences, divergences and realignments on the left

6 'The people's main defence against monopoly'? The Co-op, the Labour Party, and Resale Price Maintenance, 1918-1964 - David Stewart

7 The British Left's attitude towards the Battle of Athens, December 1944 - February 1945: commonalities and divisions - Anastasia Chartomatsidi

8 The decline of revolutionary pragmatism and the splintering of British Communism in the 1980lã¯