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Soldiers As Citizens - Popular Politics And The Nineteenth-Century British Military

by Nick Mansfield

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 This is the first exploration of the British army to combine labour, political and military history. It analyses the political lives of nineteenth century rank and file soldiers in the context of a developing working-class culture. It focuses on the significant radical and socialist movements, alongside influential working-class conservatism.
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Socialism And The Diasporic Â€˜Otherâ€™ - A Comparative Study Of Irish Catholic And Jewish Radical And Communal Politics In East London, 1889-1912

by Daniel Renshaw

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 Socialism and the Diasporic â€˜Otherâ€™ examines the relationship between the London-based Left and Irish and Jewish communities in the East End between 1889 and 1912. Using a comparative framework, it examines the varied interactions between working class diasporic groups, conservative communal hierarchies and revolutionary and trade union organisations.
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Foundations Of The British Labour Party - Identities, Cultures And Perspectives, 1900-39

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 Senior and up-and-coming scholars present the myriad elements that influenced the early development and political identity of the Labour Party, from the party's connections with powerful unions to the impact of socialism, religion, and other political and social movements on the new party.
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Foundations Of The British Labour Party - Identities, Cultures And Perspectives, 1900-39

~~74,19€~~ 59,35€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Senior and up-and-coming scholars present the myriad elements that influenced the early development and political identity of the Labour Party, from the party's connections with powerful unions to the impact of socialism, religion, and other political and social movements on the new party.
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Social Relations In The Estate Villages Of Mecklenburg C.1880-1924

by Simon Constantine

~~68,89€~~ 55,11€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Research on late nineteenth and early twentieth century German society has concentrated overwhelmingly on life in the cities. By contrast, and despite the fact that almost one third of Germans were still working in agriculture as late as 1914, Germany''s rural society remains relatively unexplored. Although historians have begun to correct this imbalance, very few full-length studies of social relations east of the Elba in this period have been published. This book concentrates on social relations in the 1,500 estate villages (GutsdÃ¶rfer) of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. ''Social relations'' include the chains of command and obedience, the relative legal positions of owner and workers, contractual-relations, economic relations; the mutual economic dependency of estate owners and workforce, as well as the value systems of owners and labourers which informed these relationships. With its focus on both rural elites and workers, this study differs from much other work on rural Germany. For while a number of historians have examined the rural elites, few have chosen to investigate the lower strata of rural society. This book makes use of overlooked autobiographical accounts, statements given by workers at labour exchanges and before military authorities, as well as confiscated letters, jokes and anecdotes to provide greater insight into the perspective of rural workers.
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Social Relations In The Estate Villages Of Mecklenburg C.1880-1924

by Simon Constantine

~~68,89€~~ 55,11€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Research on late nineteenth and early twentieth century German society has concentrated overwhelmingly on life in the cities. By contrast, and despite the fact that almost one third of Germans were still working in agriculture as late as 1914, Germany''s rural society remains relatively unexplored. Although historians have begun to correct this imbalance, very few full-length studies of social relations east of the Elba in this period have been published. This book concentrates on social relations in the 1,500 estate villages (GutsdÃ¶rfer) of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. ''Social relations'' include the chains of command and obedience, the relative legal positions of owner and workers, contractual-relations, economic relations; the mutual economic dependency of estate owners and workforce, as well as the value systems of owners and labourers which informed these relationships. With its focus on both rural elites and workers, this study differs from much other work on rural Germany. For while a number of historians have examined the rural elites, few have chosen to investigate the lower strata of rural society. This book makes use of overlooked autobiographical accounts, statements given by workers at labour exchanges and before military authorities, as well as confiscated letters, jokes and anecdotes to provide greater insight into the perspective of rural workers.
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Regulating Health And Safety In The British Mining Industries, 1800-1914

by Catherine Mills

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 This book explores the emergence and growth of state responsibility for safer and healthier working practices in British mining and the responses of labour and industry to expanding regulation and control. As such it will be valuable to all those with an interest in medical history, occupational health, legal history, and the social history of work in the nineteenth century.
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Regulating Health And Safety In The British Mining Industries, 1800-1914

by Catherine Mills

~~74,19€~~ 59,35€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 This book explores the emergence and growth of state responsibility for safer and healthier working practices in British mining and the responses of labour and industry to expanding regulation and control. As such it will be valuable to all those with an interest in medical history, occupational health, legal history, and the social history of work in the nineteenth century.
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Gender And Rural Modernity - Farm Women And The Politics Of Labor In Germany, 1871-1933

by Elizabeth B. Jones

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 Gender and Rural Modernity explores how and why women's productive, reproductive and symbolic roles on German family farms assumed ever larger importance in the eyes of contemporary observers and how German farm women themselves shaped debates over agricultural labor and the nation's future before, during and after the First World War.
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Gender And Rural Modernity - Farm Women And The Politics Of Labor In Germany, 1871-1933

by Elizabeth B. Jones

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 Gender and Rural Modernity explores how and why women's productive, reproductive and symbolic roles on German family farms assumed ever larger importance in the eyes of contemporary observers and how German farm women themselves shaped debates over agricultural labor and the nation's future before, during and after the First World War.
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Centuries Of Child Labour - European Experiences From The Seventeenth To The Twentieth Century

by Marjatta Rahikainen

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 European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. Centuries of Child Labour argues that some of the conventional wisdom on child labour can be qualified, and even questioned, if we turn from the experiences of leading 19th century countries, such as Britain and France, to economically and politically weaker countries of Northern Europe. Taking a long term perspective, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, Marjatta Rahikainen conveys a richer sense of child labour, by comparing the experiences of the Northern European Scandinavian periphery to the paradigmatic cases of Britain and France.
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Centuries Of Child Labour - European Experiences From The Seventeenth To The Twentieth Century

by Marjatta Rahikainen

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 European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. Centuries of Child Labour argues that some of the conventional wisdom on child labour can be qualified, and even questioned, if we turn from the experiences of leading 19th century countries, such as Britain and France, to economically and politically weaker countries of Northern Europe. Taking a long term perspective, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, Marjatta Rahikainen conveys a richer sense of child labour, by comparing the experiences of the Northern European Scandinavian periphery to the paradigmatic cases of Britain and France.
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Contested Sites - Commemoration, Memorial And Popular Politics In Nineteenth-Century Britain

by Alex Tyrrell e Paul A. Pickering

~~79,49€~~ 63,59€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a new phenomenon in public monuments and civic ornamentation. Whereas in former times public statuary had customarily been reserved for ''warriors and statesmen, kings and rulers of men'', a new trend was emerging for towns to commemorate their own citizens. As the subjects immortalised in stone and bronze broadened beyond the traditional ruling classes to include radicals and reformers, it necessitated a corresponding widening of the language and understanding of public statuary. Contested Sites explores the role of these commemorations in radical public life in Britain. Despite recent advances in the understanding of the importance of symbols in public discourse, political monuments have received little attention from historians. This is to be regretted, for commemorations are statements of public identity and memory that have their politics; they are ''embedded in complex class, gender and power relations that determine what is remembered (or forgotten)''. Examining monuments, plaques and tombstones commemorating a variety of popular movements and reforming individuals, the contributions in Contested Sites reveal the relations that went into the making of public memory in modern Britain and its radical tradition.
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Contested Sites - Commemoration, Memorial And Popular Politics In Nineteenth-Century Britain

by Alex Tyrrell e Paul A. Pickering

~~79,49€~~ 63,59€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a new phenomenon in public monuments and civic ornamentation. Whereas in former times public statuary had customarily been reserved for ''warriors and statesmen, kings and rulers of men'', a new trend was emerging for towns to commemorate their own citizens. As the subjects immortalised in stone and bronze broadened beyond the traditional ruling classes to include radicals and reformers, it necessitated a corresponding widening of the language and understanding of public statuary. Contested Sites explores the role of these commemorations in radical public life in Britain. Despite recent advances in the understanding of the importance of symbols in public discourse, political monuments have received little attention from historians. This is to be regretted, for commemorations are statements of public identity and memory that have their politics; they are ''embedded in complex class, gender and power relations that determine what is remembered (or forgotten)''. Examining monuments, plaques and tombstones commemorating a variety of popular movements and reforming individuals, the contributions in Contested Sites reveal the relations that went into the making of public memory in modern Britain and its radical tradition.
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Early Trade Unionism - Fraternity, Skill And The Politics Of Labour

by Malcolm Chase

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 Once the heartland of British labour history, trade unionism became marginalized in much late 20th-century scholarship. In a critical survey from the earliest times to the 19th century, this book argues for its reinstatement as a window on the broader historical landscape.
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Early Trade Unionism - Fraternity, Skill And The Politics Of Labour

by Malcolm Chase

~~60,94€~~ 48,75€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Once the heartland of British labour history, trade unionism became marginalized in much late 20th-century scholarship. In a critical survey from the earliest times to the 19th century, this book argues for its reinstatement as a window on the broader historical landscape.
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Jewish Workers And The Labour Movement - A Comparative Study Of Amsterdam, London And Paris 1870-1914

by Karin Hofmeester

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 Jewish Workers and the Labour Movement explores the relationship between Jewish workers and the general labour movement in the years between 1870 and 1914. Taking a comparative approach, it looks at the different approaches and fortunes of Jewish workers in three of the world's major industrial cities, Amsterdam, London and Paris.
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Jewish Workers And The Labour Movement - A Comparative Study Of Amsterdam, London And Paris 1870-1914

by Karin Hofmeester

~~74,19€~~ 59,35€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Jewish Workers and the Labour Movement explores the relationship between Jewish workers and the general labour movement in the years between 1870 and 1914. Taking a comparative approach, it looks at the different approaches and fortunes of Jewish workers in three of the world's major industrial cities, Amsterdam, London and Paris.
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Towards A Comparative History Of Coalfield Societies

by Andy Croll

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 Few areas of labour history have received as much attention as the coal industry, with miners often finding themselves at the centre of studies on working-class political and industrial history. Yet whilst much has been written about the struggles of miners and their unions in particular countries, their national confrontations and political organization, much less work has been done on the regional communities and how they related both to the national and international picture. The central theme of this volume is to transcend such over-arching national models and to focus instead on local coal mining societies which can then be compared and contrasted to similar communities elsewhere. In so doing the book is able to tackle a number of familiar labour history themes in a more nuanced way, exploring issues of political activism and class relationships from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, race and specific localized cultural traditions. As the chapters in this volume illustrate, such an approach can offer rich and often surprising conclusions, in many cases challenging the accepted notion of miners as the vanguard of militant working-class political activism. Adopting a regional approach that compares coalfield communities from five continents, this volume reflects coalfield experiences on a truly global scale. By looking at what made communities unique as well as what they shared in common, a much fuller understanding of the workplace, neighbourhood, family, identity and political organization is possible. Underlining the strong connections between politics, community and identity, this work emphasizes the challenges and opportunities available to labour historians, pushing forward the boundaries of the discipline in new and exciting ways.
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Towards A Comparative History Of Coalfield Societies

by Andy Croll

~~60,94€~~ 48,75€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Few areas of labour history have received as much attention as the coal industry, with miners often finding themselves at the centre of studies on working-class political and industrial history. Yet whilst much has been written about the struggles of miners and their unions in particular countries, their national confrontations and political organization, much less work has been done on the regional communities and how they related both to the national and international picture. The central theme of this volume is to transcend such over-arching national models and to focus instead on local coal mining societies which can then be compared and contrasted to similar communities elsewhere. In so doing the book is able to tackle a number of familiar labour history themes in a more nuanced way, exploring issues of political activism and class relationships from the perspectives of gender, ethnicity, race and specific localized cultural traditions. As the chapters in this volume illustrate, such an approach can offer rich and often surprising conclusions, in many cases challenging the accepted notion of miners as the vanguard of militant working-class political activism. Adopting a regional approach that compares coalfield communities from five continents, this volume reflects coalfield experiences on a truly global scale. By looking at what made communities unique as well as what they shared in common, a much fuller understanding of the workplace, neighbourhood, family, identity and political organization is possible. Underlining the strong connections between politics, community and identity, this work emphasizes the challenges and opportunities available to labour historians, pushing forward the boundaries of the discipline in new and exciting ways.
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Transnational Labour History - Explorations

by Marcel Van Der Linden

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 There has been a growing recognition amongst scholars that labour historians need to look beyond national borders in order to place the history of the working classes into a much broader context than has hitherto been the case. Whilst studies focused on individual countries are essential, it is only by comparing and contrasting the experiences across time and space that a true understanding of the subject can be attempted. Professor Marcel van der Linden, has contributed much to the debate on cross-border processes and comparisons. This volume makes available in English a collection of twelve of his most important essays on the theme of transnational labour history. Previously published in a range of journals and volumes, with two original contributions, Transnational Labour History brings them together in a single convenient collection, together with a new introduction. This work will undoubtedly provide an invaluable resource for all students of European labour history.
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Transnational Labour History - Explorations

by Marcel Van Der Linden

~~66,24€~~ 52,99€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 There has been a growing recognition amongst scholars that labour historians need to look beyond national borders in order to place the history of the working classes into a much broader context than has hitherto been the case. Whilst studies focused on individual countries are essential, it is only by comparing and contrasting the experiences across time and space that a true understanding of the subject can be attempted. Professor Marcel van der Linden, has contributed much to the debate on cross-border processes and comparisons. This volume makes available in English a collection of twelve of his most important essays on the theme of transnational labour history. Previously published in a range of journals and volumes, with two original contributions, Transnational Labour History brings them together in a single convenient collection, together with a new introduction. This work will undoubtedly provide an invaluable resource for all students of European labour history.
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Women And Work Culture - Britain C.1850-1950

by Louise A. Jackson

~~60,94€~~ 48,75€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Women''s work has proved to be an important and lively subject of debate for historians. An earlier focus on the pay, conditions and occupational opportunities of predominantly blue-collar working-class women has now been joined by an interest in other social groups (white-collar workers, clerical workers and professionals) as well as in the cultural practices of the work place, reflecting in part the recent ''cultural turn'' in historical methodology. Although the term ''culture'' is debated and contested, this volume reflects this diversity, addressing a variety of interpretations. The individual essays address such issues as how women have created occupational and professional identities, negotiated masculine working practices (cultural, legal and institutional) and created their own ''feminine'' environments. They also examine the integration of paid work with domestic responsibilities, the concept of ''career'' for women, and the construction and representation of women''s work within the wider cultural landscape.'' By focusing on the experiences of British women between c.1850 and 1950, the collection vividly demonstrates that the association of ''work'' with paid labour is problematic and that the categories of ''work'', ''leisure'' and ''consumption'' must be viewed as overlapping and inter-linked rather than as separate entities. Furthermore, it highlights the ways in which the concept of gender operated as an organising principle in the construction and negotiation of identities and practices in British society.
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Women And Work Culture - Britain C.1850-1950

by Louise A. Jackson

~~60,94€~~ 48,75€ 20% OFF + 5% CARD

 Women''s work has proved to be an important and lively subject of debate for historians. An earlier focus on the pay, conditions and occupational opportunities of predominantly blue-collar working-class women has now been joined by an interest in other social groups (white-collar workers, clerical workers and professionals) as well as in the cultural practices of the work place, reflecting in part the recent ''cultural turn'' in historical methodology. Although the term ''culture'' is debated and contested, this volume reflects this diversity, addressing a variety of interpretations. The individual essays address such issues as how women have created occupational and professional identities, negotiated masculine working practices (cultural, legal and institutional) and created their own ''feminine'' environments. They also examine the integration of paid work with domestic responsibilities, the concept of ''career'' for women, and the construction and representation of women''s work within the wider cultural landscape.'' By focusing on the experiences of British women between c.1850 and 1950, the collection vividly demonstrates that the association of ''work'' with paid labour is problematic and that the categories of ''work'', ''leisure'' and ''consumption'' must be viewed as overlapping and inter-linked rather than as separate entities. Furthermore, it highlights the ways in which the concept of gender operated as an organising principle in the construction and negotiation of identities and practices in British society.
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