ABSTRACT

This is volume 2 of the set A Short History of the British Working Class Movement (1937). The volumes reprinted here provide a general narrative of the history of the working class movement in all its main aspects - Trade Unions, Socialism and Co-operatives. The historical focus is upon the latter part of the eighteenth century, set against a background of economic and social history.

chapter Chapter I|18 pages

Introductory

chapter Chapter II|23 pages

Thrift and Abstinence

chapter Chapter III|23 pages

Trade Unionism Re-Made

chapter Chapter IV|15 pages

Political Movements

chapter Chapter V|17 pages

The Labour Laws, 1864-1871

chapter Chapter VII|13 pages

The Great Depression

chapter Chapter VIII|20 pages

Socialism and the Dock Strike

chapter Chapter IX|20 pages

Independent Labour