Sidney Pollard - A Life in History

Informationen zum Autor David Renton is Senior Research Fellow, Department of History, Sunderland University. Klappentext Sidney Pollard was a pioneering labour historian who influenced the gret luminaries in the field, E.P. Thompson and E.J. Hobsbawm. Almost single-handedly, he pioneered the study of eceonomic management in history and the understanding of the economic processes by which regions are formed. As a labour historian, his contribution to the study of the marginalized in society was original and vital. His history was intimately connected with his personal life - from escape to Britain from Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Jewish kindertransporte, to work in Britain, the USA, Israel and apartheid South Africa.Sidney Pollard was a pioneering labour historian who influenced the gret luminaries in the field, E.P. Thompson and E.J. Hobsbawm, and whose contribution to the study of the marginalized in society was original and vital. David Renton tells his story. Zusammenfassung Sidney Pollard was a pioneering labour historian who influenced the gret luminaries in the field! E.P. Thompson and E.J. Hobsbawm. Almost single-handedly! he pioneered the study of eceonomic management in history and the understanding of the economic processes by which regions are formed. As a labour historian! his contribution to the study of the marginalized in society was original and vital. His history was intimately connected with his personal life - from escape to Britain from Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Jewish kindertransporte! to work in Britain! the USA! Israel and apartheid South Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments - vii Chapter 1: Introduction - 1 Chapter 2: Life and Learning - 7 Chapter 3: The Struggle for Recognition - 33 Chapter 4: Life on the Left - 55 Chapter 5: Unsung Heroes Behind Them - 77 Chapter 6: Masters and Men - 93 Chapter 7: Banks versus Industry - 107 Chapter 8: From Britain to Europe - 122 Chapter 9: Marginal Man? - 139 Notes - 152 Bibliography - 188 Index - 212 ...

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• Authors: David Renton, David (Senior Research Fellow Renton
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.09.2020
• EAN: 9781350177246
• ISBN: 978-1-350-17724-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: historical, political & military, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, HISTORY / World, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, Biography / Autobiography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Economic history, Political science & theory, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Political science and theory, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Biography: historical, political and military