Respectable radicals : studies in the politics of railway trade unionism /

Railway workers were a uniformed and respectable section of the British working class. They built their trade unions in the face of employer hostility, and their organisations played a crucial role in the construction of effective labour politics. Respectable Radicals uses rich archival sources to a...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Howell, David
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:English
منشور في: Aldershot, Hants, U.K. ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, c1999.
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300 |a viii, 446 p. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [408]-416) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: Company Servants and Labour Pioneers -- Pt. I. Edwardian Questions. 1. A Mystery and a Feud. 2. Modernisation and Conciliation. 3. Conflict. 4. The Aisgill Disaster. 5. The Lib-Lab Moment: the Rise and Fall of Edward Harford. 6. Towards a Politics of Labour -- Pt. II. A New Deal and New Problems. 7. Jimmy and Jack. 8. Solidarities -- Pt. III. 'The Fat Director is now the Fat Controller': The Lodging Turns Strikes of 1949 -- Conclusion: A View from the Tracks. 
520 |a Railway workers were a uniformed and respectable section of the British working class. They built their trade unions in the face of employer hostility, and their organisations played a crucial role in the construction of effective labour politics. Respectable Radicals uses rich archival sources to analyse this history through a series of case studies. This penetrating study is essential reading for all academics interested in the history of transport and labour relations and for all railway enthusiasts. 
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