Raymond Kirby – Albert Musson. The Voice of the People. John Doherty, 1798-1854.

Contents

Preface

Introduction

I – The rise of the factory system and early trade unionism among Manchester cotton spinners

II – Doherty and the cotton spinners’ unions, 1818-27

III – Secretary of the Manchester cotton spinners, 1828-9

IV – The Grand General Union of cotton spinners, 1829-30

V – The Ashton-Stalybridge strike and decline of the Grand General Union

VI – The origins and growth of the National Association for the Protection of Labour, 1829-30

VII – The National Association in decline, 1831-2

VIII – Doherty’s role in trade unionism after 1832

IX – The new society: co-operation, education and temperance

X – The factory reform movement

XI – A political radical