Ross McKibbin. The Evolution of the Labour Party, 1910-1924.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I – THE LABOUR PARTY IN 1910

1 – Head Office

2 – Organization in the Country

3 – The General Elections of 1910

II – PARTY AND RANK-AND-FILE, 1910-1914

1 – Head Office and Local Parties

2 – Local Parties and the Miners’ Unions

3 – London and Glasgow

4 – Assistance to Local Parties

5 – Trades Councils and L.R.C.s

6 – Regional Organization until 1915

7 – The Labour Party and the Co-operative Union

III – LABOUR CANDIDATES AND THE LIBERAL PARTY, 1910-1914

1 – The Situation before 1910

2 – The 1910 Elections

3 – The Liberal and Labour Parties in the Coal-fields

4 – The Leicester and Keighley By-elections, 1913

5 – Summary

IV – LABOUR ON THE EVE, 1914

V – WAR AND THE NEW SOCIAL ORDER, 1914-1918

1 – 1914-1917

2 – The 1918 Constitution and the Socialist Objective

3 – To the General Election of 1918

VI – THE END OF THE PARTY OF PROGRESS

VII – PARTY AND RANK-AND-FILE 1918-1924

1 – Head Office

2 – National Organization

3 – Selection of Candidates

4 – Growth and Character of Local Parties

5 – Effectiveness of Local Parties

6 – The Rural Constituencies

7 – Party Finances

8 – Summary

VIII – REGIONS, CO-OPERATORS AND COMMUNISTS

1 – The Regions

2 – The Labour Party and the Co-operative Union, 1915-1924

3 – The Labour Party and the Communist Party

4 – Summary

IX – SHAPING THE PARTY’S INSTITUTIONS

1 – The Research Departments

2 – The Advisory Committees

3 – The Subordination of the Daily Herald

4 – Summary

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY