Morton – Tate. The British Labour Movement, 1770-1920.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I – THE BIRTH OF A CLASS

1 – The People Take the Field

2 – The English Jacobins

3 – The Combination Acts

4 – The Age of Peterloo

II – CHARTISM

1 – The Reform Bill

2 – Unions and Bastilles

3 – The Charter Launched

4 – Revival and Decline of Chartism

III – SEEKING NEW BEARINGS

1 – The Chartist Aftermath and ais New Model

2 – From the Second Reform Act to the Great Depression

IV – THE EPOCH OF IMPERIALISM

1 – The Transition to Imperialism

2 – Social Consequences of Imperialism

V – THE REVIVAL OF SOCIALISM

1 – From Radicalism to Socialism

2 – The Social-Democratic Federation

3 – Riding the Storm

VI – THE WORKING CLASS ON THE MARCH ONCE MORE

1 – The New Unionism

2 – Political Awakening

VII – THE ORIGINS AND EARLY YEARS OF THE LABOUR PARTY

1 – The Employers Counter-Attack

2 – The Labour Representation Committee

VIII – SOCIALISM AND THE GREAT UNREST

1 – The Fight for a Socialist Policy

2 – Syndicalism and Socialist Revival

3 – The Industrial Struggle

IX – THE IMPERIALIST WAR

1 – The Nature of the War

2 – British Labour and the War

3 – Mass Movement and Repression

4 – The Russian Revolution

X – THE POST-WAR CRISIS

1 – Britain after the War

2 – Industrial Struggles

3 – “Hands Off Russia”: the Councils of Action

4 – The Problem of Leadership

A NOTE ON SOURCES AND FURTHER READING