Labour's Lost Leader - The Life and Politics of Will Crooks

Informationen zum Autor Paul F. Tyler is Associate Research Fellow at the Working Lives Research Institute! London Metropolitan University. The life story of Will Crooks has a Dickensian resonance. This title presents a political biography of a significant Labour figure at both a local and national level and an important reinterpretation of the early trade union and labour movement from the 1880s to the 1920s. Zusammenfassung The life story of Will Crooks has a Dickensian resonance. This title presents a political biography of a significant Labour figure at both a local and national level and an important reinterpretation of the early trade union and labour movement from the 1880s to the 1920s. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart One: Local Activist and Labour Pioneer 1852-1907Will Crooks of PoplarGuardian of the PoorUnemployment and the Poor LawWoolwich and independent Labour representationPart Two: Labour Pioneer and Member of Parliament 1903-19215 Member for Woolwich6 Role in Parliament and the General Elections of 19107 Returns to the Parliamentary Fray8 War and PeaceReferences and NotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Paul Tyler
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.2013
• EAN: 9781780760469
• ISBN: 978-1-78076-046-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: International Library of Political Studies; International Library of Political Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies