Labour and Working-Class Lives

Essays to Celebrate the Life and Work of Chris Wrigley

John Shepherd editor Keith Laybourn editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:12th Apr '17

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Labour and Working-Class Lives cover

British labour history has been one of the dominating areas of historical research in the last sixty years and this book, written in honour of Professor Chris Wrigley, offers a collection of essays written by leading British labour historians of that subject including Ken Brown, Malcolm Chase and Matthew Worley. It focuses upon trade unionism, the co-operative movement, the rise and fall of the Labour Party, and working-class lives, comparing British labour movements with those in Germany and examining the social and political labour activities of the Lansburys. There is, indeed, some important work connected with the cultural developments of the British labour movement, most obviously in the essay written by Matthew Worley on communism and Punk Rock.

ISBN: 9781784995270

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm

Weight: unknown

288 pages