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Labour and the Caucus
James Owen
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Description for Labour and the Caucus
Hardcover. By providing a comprehensive and multi-layered picture of the troubled relationship between working-class radicals and organised Liberalism in England between 1868 and 1888, Labour and the Caucus offers a new, innovative pre-history of the Labour party. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
Labour and the Caucus provides a new, innovative pre-history of the Labour party. In the two decades following the Second Reform Act there was a sustained and concerted campaign for working-class parliamentary representation from a range of labour organisations to an extent that was hitherto unseen in British political history. The franchise revolution of 1867 and the controversial introduction of more sophisticated forms of electoral machinery, which became known as the ‘caucus’, raised serious questions not only for a labour movement seeking to secure political representation but also for a Liberal party that had to respond to the pressures of ... Read more
Labour and the Caucus provides a new, innovative pre-history of the Labour party. In the two decades following the Second Reform Act there was a sustained and concerted campaign for working-class parliamentary representation from a range of labour organisations to an extent that was hitherto unseen in British political history. The franchise revolution of 1867 and the controversial introduction of more sophisticated forms of electoral machinery, which became known as the ‘caucus’, raised serious questions not only for a labour movement seeking to secure political representation but also for a Liberal party that had to respond to the pressures of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Studies in Labour History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846319440
SKU
V9781846319440
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Ref
99-50
About James Owen
Dr James Owen is a Research Fellow on the History of Parliament, House of Commons, 1832–1945 project.
Reviews for Labour and the Caucus
'James Owen re-examines the relationship between the Labour Party and Liberalism, with particular attention to the language used during campaigns.' Reviews'Important and fresh, this book presents new material on the pre-history of the Labour party, bridging a gap between the years of the Reform League in the 1860s and the so-called revival of socialism in the 1880s.' Miles Taylor ... Read more