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Neville Kirk - Transnational Radicalism and the Connected Lives of Tom Mann and Robert Samuel Ross - 9781786940094 - V9781786940094
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Transnational Radicalism and the Connected Lives of Tom Mann and Robert Samuel Ross

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Description for Transnational Radicalism and the Connected Lives of Tom Mann and Robert Samuel Ross Hardback. A pioneering study of the neglected transnational activities and influences of two important, connected socialists, British-born Tom Mann (1856-1941) and Australian-born Robert Samuel 'Bob' Ross (1873-1931) Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 586.
This is an original study of the connected lives of two important socialists, Tom Mann (1856-1941) and Robert Samuel ‘Bob’ Ross (1873-1931). Born in Britain, Mann travelled the globe as a tireless socialist organiser and propagandist who met Ross in the course of his political work in Australia. They then worked closely together as labour editors, educators, trade unionists and socialists in Australia and New Zealand between 1902 and 1913. Thereafter, they continued regularly to correspond with one another and other socialists in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the Pacific Rim. Based upon extensive research into neglected primary and secondary sources in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and related places, this book explores the careers and lives of Mann and Ross as paired transnational radicals, as leaders who crossed national and other boundaries in order to promote their socialism. It situates them within the neglected English-speaking and even global radical worlds of the later nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries, a period that constituted an early phase of globalisation. Breaking new ground in moving beyond the national focus which has dominated much of the relevant history, this book highlights both the importance of Mann’s and Ross’s transnational endeavours, attachments and identities and the ways in which these interacted with their national, sub-national and international spheres of activity, striking a chord with a wide variety of radicals seeking change in today’s globalised world.

Product Details

Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in Labour History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786940094
SKU
V9781786940094
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About Neville Kirk
Neville Kirk is Emeritus Professor of Labour and Social History at Manchester Metropolitan University. His publications include Labour and Society in Britain and the USA (1994), Comrades and Cousins (2003), Custom and Conflict in 'The Land of the Gael' (2007, 2009) and Labour and the Politics of Empire (2011, 2014). He is editor of Liverpool University Press's series Studies in Labour History and a member of the executive committee of the UK Society for the Study of Labour History.

Reviews for Transnational Radicalism and the Connected Lives of Tom Mann and Robert Samuel Ross
Reviews 'Conceptually exciting and at the cutting edge of labour historiography, the writing and research are of a high standard.' Dr Emmet O'Conner, The University of Ulster 'Transnational Radicalism pushes at the methodological boundaries of both transnational labour history and biography. This considerable intellectual achievement illustrates how transnational or global labour history imposes considerable standards of erudition, research in multiple archival collections, and conceptual sophistication upon its practitioners.' Matt Perry, Labour History Review 'This is a marvellous example of transnational labour history demonstrating how limiting a national perspective is, for it has to ignore the manifold connections and ties that went across national borders, zig-zagged in complex and contradictory ways and ultimately informed the very fabric of a genuinely transnational socialist movement.' Stefan Berger, Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements 'The first chapter on the "strengths, weaknesses, promise and pitfalls" (36) of the turn to transnational history, and concomitant comparative and global worlds is a strength of this book and will be essential reading for historians working in the area.' Melanie Nolan, Labour/Le Travail

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