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Comrades and Cousins: Globalization, Workers and Labour Movements in Britain, the USA and Australia from the 1880s to 1914
Neville Kirk
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Description for Comrades and Cousins: Globalization, Workers and Labour Movements in Britain, the USA and Australia from the 1880s to 1914
paperback. This cross-national comparative labor history examines the movement's attitudes toward class, race, and politics in Britain, Australia, and the United States during the era of New Imperialism, 1880 to 1914. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1MBF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBG; HBLL; HBWN; JHBL; JPS; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
The major aim of this book of is to make a contribution towards filling a gap in the field of cross-national comparative labour history. The focus rests upon organised labour's attitudes and practices towards class, race and politics in Britain, Australia and the USA during the era of 'new imperialism', 1880s-1914. The book teases out similarities and differences both within and among nations. It is an ambitious, challenging and innovative study. It breaks new ground in terms of its subject matter and geographical focus, the questions posed, the answers given and the range of sources consulted. It is based largely ... Read more
The major aim of this book of is to make a contribution towards filling a gap in the field of cross-national comparative labour history. The focus rests upon organised labour's attitudes and practices towards class, race and politics in Britain, Australia and the USA during the era of 'new imperialism', 1880s-1914. The book teases out similarities and differences both within and among nations. It is an ambitious, challenging and innovative study. It breaks new ground in terms of its subject matter and geographical focus, the questions posed, the answers given and the range of sources consulted. It is based largely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Merlin Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780850365153
SKU
V9780850365153
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99-50
About Neville Kirk
Professor of Social and Labour History at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of The Growth of Working Class Reformism in Mid Victorian England, (1985), Labour and Society in Britain and the USA 1780-1939, (1994), and Change Continuity and Class: Labour in British Society 1850-1920 (1998).
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