Revisiting A.L. Morton

A.L. Morton and the Radical Tradition by James Crossley, Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. 432pp. In his heyday, the Marxist historian, literary critic and journalist A.L. Morton (1903-1987) was admired by and influenced, now more famous contemporaries such as Eric Hobsbawm and Christopher Hill. While his most popular work, A People’s History of England (1938), still remains in print across several languages, apart from a small coterie … Continue reading Revisiting A.L. Morton

Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 89 (2024), Issue 2

The books listed below are reviewed in Labour History Review (2024), 89, (2). Read more. Thomas Fleischman reviews Leigh Claire La Berge, Marx for Cats: A Radical Bestiary, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2023, pp. 416, p/b, $27.95, 978 14780 19251 Stephen Hopkins reviews Brigitte Studer, Travellers of the World Revolution: A Global History of the Communist International, London and New York: Verso, 2023, pp. 476 + xiv, h/b, £30.00, … Continue reading Book reviews in Labour History Review volume 89 (2024), Issue 2