Comrade or Brother?: A History of the British Labour Movement

Comrade or Brother?: A History of the British Labour Movement

by Mary Davis (Author)

Synopsis

Critical and iconoclastic, Comrade or Brother? traces the history of the British Labour Movement from its beginnings at the onset of industrialisation through its development within a capitalist society, up to the end of the twentieth-century.

Written by a leading activist in the labour movement, the book redresses the balance in much labour history writing. It examines the place of women and the influence of racism and sexism as well as providing a critical analysis of the rival ideologies which played a role in the uneven development of the labour movement.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 20 Feb 2009

ISBN 10: 0745325769
ISBN 13: 9780745325767

Media Reviews
'Stands in comparison with A. L. Morton's People's History and G. D. H. Cole's Common People. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times' -- John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland
'Ideal - I wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses' -- Jim Fryth, Labour History Review
'At last a readable and accessible general history of the labour movement ... Highly recommended' -- Manchester TUC Newsletter
Author Bio
Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009).