Routledge Revivals: Poor Labouring Men (1985): Rural Radicalism in Norfolk 1870-1923

ISBN-13: 9781138213630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 225 str.

Alun Howkins

Opis

First published in 1985, this book presents the first detailed account of the relationship between the farmworkers, trades unionism, and political and social radicalism. Rural radicalism, one of the most important new features of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century politics, was particularly strong in Norfolk and as such provides the focus for this study. The main themes are the shifts from religion to politics, from Liberalism to Labour, and in more general terms from local to national consciousness. The book shows men at work and the ways in which politics meshed — or failed to mesh — together.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1 The land and the people 2 Structural conflict and the farmworkers 3 Radicalism, the first phase: The chapel 4 Radicalism, the first phase: The local unions 1872-96 5 Radicalism, the second phase: The second union 6 Radicalism, the second phase: Rural labour and the wages board 1910-21 7 The great betrayal 8 The great strike 9 The long term; Notes; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Alun Howkins