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In the early twentieth century, the Labour Party was a growing political force in Britain. Founded in 1900, by the 1920s it had overtaken the Liberal Party in general elections and it went on to form its first, albeit minority, governments in 1924 and 1929-1931. This book, by the acclaimed Labour historian, the late Duncan Tanner, looks at the early years of the Labour Party's history, from the 1906 election, in which the Labour Representative Committee won just 29 seats, to the 1929 election when Labour became the largest party in the House of Commons for the first time. Considering the reasons behind Labour's meteoric rise, together with an analysis of the political and social climate of the time and the impact of World War I and prominent left-wing intellectuals, the book provides an essential introduction to the early history of the Labour Party.
Table des matières
Building a Party: People and their Passions Building a Labour Culture Intellectuals and the Labour Party The First World War and Labour Politics Developing and Controlling the Party 1918-1923 The Labour Government of 1924 and its Aftermath Labour Policy and the Challenge of Conservative Domination 1924-1929 A Conflict of Cultures: Inside the Labour Party 1924-1929 Conclusion
A propos de l'auteur
Duncan Tanner (1958-2010) was a leading historian of Labour history and Director of the Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural Affairs at Bangor University, where he contributed significantly to work on Welsh devolution. He was the author of Political Change and the Labour Party 1900-1918 and co-editor of The Labour Party in Wales 1900-2000; Labour's First Century; Debating Nationhood and Government in Britain 1885-1939: Perspectives from the 'Four Nations' and The Strange Survival of Liberal England. Andrew Thorpe is Professor of Modern British History and Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Transfer in the College of Humanities at the University of Exeter. Mari Elin Wiliam is Lecturer in Modern and Welsh History at Bangor University.
Résumé
This book provides an essential introduction to the early history of the Labour Party, written by one of most respected historians of his generation.
