In the Shadow of the Dictators - The British Left in the 1930s

Informationen zum Autor Paul Corthorn is Lecturer in Modern British History at Queen's University, Belfast, having taught previously at the University College, Oxford. He is the co-editor of 'The British Labour Party and the Wider World' (forthcoming, I.B.Tauris). Klappentext Presents a study of the British Left's response to the rise of international fascism in the 1930s. This book uses the available archival sources to analyse how the Labour left - which took the form of the Socialist League between 1932 and 1937 - and the Independent Labour Party reacted to developments such as Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia. Zusammenfassung Presents a study of the British Left's response to the rise of international fascism in the 1930s. This book uses the available archival sources to analyse how the Labour left - which took the form of the Socialist League between 1932 and 1937 - and the Independent Labour Party reacted to developments such as Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Corthorn, Peter Corthorn
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2006
• EAN: 9781850438434
• ISBN: 978-1-85043-843-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: International Library of Political Studies; International Library of Polit; International Library of Polit; International Library of Political Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas