ABSTRACT

This is volume 3 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|10 pages

The New Century

chapter Chapter II|20 pages

The Rise of the Labour Party

chapter Chapter III|23 pages

1906 and After

chapter Chapter IV|15 pages

The Great Unrest

chapter Chapter V|35 pages

Trade Unionism in Action

chapter Chapter VI|27 pages

Labour in War-Time

chapter Chapter VII|11 pages

Post-War Britain

chapter Chapter VIII|42 pages

Labour after the War

chapter Chapter IX|19 pages

The “General Strike” and after