For class and country : the patriotic Left and the First World War /: the patriotic Left and the First World War. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Swift.
• Authors: Swift, David
• Contents: List of Tables and GraphsList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 'If this is to be a jingo, then I am a jingo' – Labour Patriotism before 19142 'I'd sooner blackleg my union than blackleg my country' – Labour Patriotism, 1914–18 August 1914 The Workers' National Committee and Labour Support for the War Who Were the Labour Patriots? Workers and Trade Unions Anti-Germanism Labour Heroes3 'Middle-class peace men?'– Labour and the Anti-War Agitation Conscription, 1916–18 Wartime Strikes, 1915–18 The Anti-War Movement, 1915–18 The Leeds and Stockholm Conferences4 'Our Platform is Broad Enough and our Movement Big Enough' – The War and Recruits to Labour The Conversion of Liberal and Conservative Elites Labour, Soldiers, and Ex-Servicemen The War and the Appeal to the New Electorate5 'The experiments are not found wanting' – Labour and the Wartime State The Wartime Growth of the British State Labour and the Workers during the War The Impact of the War on the Relationship between the British Left and the State6 'The greatest democratic force British politics have known' – Labour Cohesion and the War The Trade Unions and the Labour Party Labour and Women's Organisations The Co-operative Movement and Labour Socialist Societies and the Labour Party The Rise and Decline of the Ultra-PatriotsConclusionBibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 324.2410709041; World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain; History -- 20th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786948021
• Related ISBNs: 9781786940025
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