Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 89 (2024), Issue 1

The books listed below are reviewed in Labour History Review (2024), 89, (1), 73-93. Read more. Mike Mecham reviews John Cunningham, Francis Devine, and Sonja Tiernan (eds), Labour History in Irish History: Essays Celebrating Fifty Years of the Irish Labour History Society, Dublin: Umiskin Press, 2023, pp. 451, p/b, £25, ISBN 978 18381 11212 Martin Spence reviews Michael Tichelar, Labour in the Suburbs: Political Change in Croydon during the Twentieth … Continue reading Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 89 (2024), Issue 1

Bristol Sailors in the Nineteenth Century: A Breed Apart?

Author: Joe DaveyThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2023), 88, (2), 125-158. Read more. There is a stereotypical perception of the sailor as being a drunken, promiscuous, violent nuisance on the streets of a port town. In offering a partial corrective to this, this article portrays sailors in ways not normally associated with the stereotypical image and identity politics … Continue reading Bristol Sailors in the Nineteenth Century: A Breed Apart?