Labour, British Radicalism and the First World WarPevná vazba
As politicians and the general public alike debate the meaning of the First World War, this volume offers thirteen essays considering the conflict's impact on various areas of British life from the…
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As politicians and the general public alike debate the meaning of the First World War, this volume offers thirteen essays considering the conflict's impact on various areas of British life from the parliamentary left to women and work. Based on new archival research, this work offers bite-sized analyses of several issues that remain of critical importance to the development of modern Britain.This book contains essays on both the Labour Party and the wider trade union movement at local and national levels. It considers debates over the righteousness of conflict at both the start and throughout the war, and thereby sees broad discussions of figures such as Ramsay MacDonald, Philip Snowden, and Arthur Henderson.Elsewhere, it looks at the evolving position of women through campaigners like Sylvia Pankhurst and Ellen Wilkinson, whilst also discussing the
Women and the First World War