Workers of the Empire, Unite - Radical and Popular Challenges to British Imperialism, 1910s-1960s

This volume focuses on the role played by working people and their initiatives in the dissolution of the British Empire, both in the metropole and in the colonies. Exploiting rare primary sources and adopting a transnational approach, our collection makes an original contribution to both labour history and imperial studies.

About the author

Yann BÃ(c)liard is a Senior Lecturer in British Studies, UniversitÃ(c) Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3.

Neville Kirk is Emeritus Professor of Labour and Social History at Manchester Metropolitan University. His publications include Labour and Society in Britain and the USA (1994), Comrades and Cousins (2003), Custom and Conflict in 'The Land of the Gael' (2007, 2009) and Labour and the Politics of Empire (2011, 2014). He is editor of Liverpool University Press's series Studies in Labour History and a member of the executive committee of the UK Society for the Study of Labour History.

Summary

In most studies of British decolonisation, the world of labour is neglected, the key roles being allocated to metropolitan statesmen and native elites.

Product details

• Authors: Yann Kirk Beliard, Yann Beliardis
• Assisted by: Yann Beliard (Editor), Yann Béliard (Editor), Yann Béliardis (Editor), Neville Kirk (Editor), Professor Neville Kirk (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781800859685
• ISBN: 978-1-80085-968-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Studies in Labour History; Studies in Labour History Lup
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)