Essays on Bryan D Palmer, Marxism, and History
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The SSLH publishes the book series Studies in Labour History in association with Liverpool University Press. We also publish book reviews in our journal, the Labour History Review.
The articles below draw attention to new books, reports, pamphlets, and online publications and projects of interest to labour historians.
Solidarity and suspicion: Irish Catholic and Jewish radical politics in East London
Irish and Jewish migrants in East London, their children and grandchildren provided fertile ground for the emergence of the mass unionisation of unskilled labour, says Dr Daniel Renshaw, author of Socialism and the Diasporic ‘Other’ Continue reading Solidarity and suspicion: Irish Catholic and Jewish radical politics in East London
Labour History and the Emotions: a Bibliography
Edda Nicolson offers a reading list and guide to sources for labour historians interested in the topic and methodologies of emotions history Continue reading Labour History and the Emotions: a Bibliography
Soldiers as workers: working-class life and conflict in the British army of the nineteenth century
Far from being ‘ruffians officered by gentlemen’, the British army of the nineteenth century was made up of a typical cross-section of working-class men whose military lives mirrored those of the civilian working class, says Nick Mansfield, author of Soldiers as Workers – Class, Employment, Conflict and the Nineteenth-Century Military. As a labour historian, I have always retained a slightly odd interest in military history. … Continue reading Soldiers as workers: working-class life and conflict in the British army of the nineteenth century
The Global Challenge of Peace: introducing book 17 in the Studies in Labour History series
Histories of the transition from war to peace at the end of the First World War tend to focus on the role of statesmen and imperial powers. Now a new book in the Studies in Labour History Series aims to re-examine the year 1919 from below, as its editor, Dr Matt Perry explains Continue reading The Global Challenge of Peace: introducing book 17 in the Studies in Labour History series
The Copenhagen connection: Harold Wilson, Jens Otto Krag and Labour European policy
Labour’s European policies in the Wilson era were shaped not just in Whitehall but by formal and informal links between key players in the party and its Danish counterpart, says Dr Matt Broad, author of Harold Wilson, Denmark and the Making of Labour European Policy, 1958–72 Continue reading The Copenhagen connection: Harold Wilson, Jens Otto Krag and Labour European policy
The delights of exile: French anarchists in Victorian and Edwardian London
Their numbers were small but France’s revolutionary exiles were to have a significant impact on international politics, says Dr Constance Bantman, author of The French Anarchists in London, 1880-1914, now published in paperback. The history of the French anarchists exiled in London between the late 1870s and 1914 has long been treated like a footnote in the history of the French anarchist movement. Looking at … Continue reading The delights of exile: French anarchists in Victorian and Edwardian London
Andrew Carnegie and the libraries of Wales
This is a short history of the Carnegie Libraries in Wales. Continue reading Andrew Carnegie and the libraries of Wales
Margaret Skinnider: Irish revolutionary and activist – a biography
This small but compelling book tells the remarkable story of Margaret Skinnider (1892-1971), feminist, Irish revolutionary, trade unionist, political activist and teacher. Continue reading Margaret Skinnider: Irish revolutionary and activist – a biography
Walter Citrine’s dealings with communism and communists
Walter Citrine served as TUC general secretary from the time of the General Strike to the arrival of the post-war Labour Government. Though sometimes seen as a hardline anti-communist, his relationship with communism in the UK and internationally deserves a more nuanced understanding, as his biographer Dr Jim Moher explains Continue reading Walter Citrine’s dealings with communism and communists
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