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A Short History of the Labour Party Henry Pelling

A Short History of the Labour Party By Henry Pelling

A Short History of the Labour Party by Henry Pelling

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Providing an introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation, this book covers the whole period up to the General Election of 1992 and the subsequent choice of John Smith to succeed Neil Kinnock as party leader. It also discusses the role of labour unions within the party.

A Short History of the Labour Party Summary

A Short History of the Labour Party by Henry Pelling

Providing an introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation, this book covers the whole period up to the General Election of 1992 and the subsequent choice of John Smith to succeed Neil Kinnock as party leader. It also discusses the role of labour unions within the party.

Table of Contents

The new party - ideal and reality (to 1906); a pressure group under pressure (1906-14); Henderson's party - war and reconstruction (1914-22); the MacDonald leadership (1922-31); convalescence - the General Council's party (1931-40); office and power under Attlee and Bevin (1940-50); dissension and decline (1950-60); the road back to power (1960-66); Wilson and the vicissitudes of economic insolvency (1966-70); the Common Market and the Social Contract (1970-79); the SDP secession and the dream ticket (1979-84); revival under Kinnock (1985-92); conclusion - the past and the future. Appendices: party membership; General Election results; chairmen and leaders of the parliamentary party; party secretaries.

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GOR004552694
9780333594766
0333594762
A Short History of the Labour Party by Henry Pelling
Henry Pelling
Used - Good
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
1993-10-15
229
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