Table of Contents

The Background -- 1880-1900; Labour in Peace and War -- 1900-1918; Labour Between Two Wars -- 1918-1039; Labour in War and Peace -- 1939-1951; Years of Strife -- 1951-1964; Progress and Decline -- 1964-1979; Strife and After -- 1979-1994; New Labour -- 1994-2005.

About the Author

David Rubinstein taught economic and social history at the University of Hull, and is now Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of History at the University of York. He has been a Visiting Professor of British Civilisation at the Universities of Tours, Angers, and the Littoral (Boulogne-sur-Mer). He has co-edited and contributed to Ideology and the Labour Movement (Croom Helm), and has written several books, including Before the Suffragettes: Women's Emancipation in the 1890s (Harvester).