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Labour and the politics of Empire
Britain and Australia 1900 to the present
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English
Published/Copyright:
2011
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This is a pathbreaking comparative and trans-national study of the neglected influences of nation, empire and race upon the development and electoral fortunes of the Labour Party in Britain and the Australian Labor Party from their formative years of the 1900s to the elections of 2010. Based upon extensive primary and secondary source-based research in Britain and Australia over several years, it makes a new and original contribution to the fields of labour, imperial and ‘British world’ history. The book offers the challenging conclusion that the forces of nation, empire and race exerted much greater influence upon Labour politics in both countries than suggested by ‘traditionalists’ and ‘revisionists’ alike. The book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars in history and politics and all those interested in and concerned with the past, present and future of Labour politics in Britain, Australia and more generally.
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Contributor: Neville Kirk
Neville Kirk is Emeritus Professor of Labour and Social History at Manchester Metropolitan University
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This is a well-written and widely researched comparative and transnational history of two of the most significant Labour/Labor parties in the Anglophone world, Britain's Labour Party and Australia's Labor Party
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Front matter
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of figures
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General Editor’s introduction
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Acknowledgements
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List of abbreviations
xiv - PART I Setting the scene
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1 Subject matter, debates and issues
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2 Labour and elections
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3 Chronology, constituencies, impact
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4 Explanations and characteristics
67 - PART II: The growth of independent Labour
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5 Anti-socialism and the tarring of Labour
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6 Labour responses and political outcomes
134 - PART II: The growth of independent Labour
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7 Labour successes
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8 Out in the cold
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9 Trans-national ties, electoral successes and bitter defeats
211 - PART V: Traditionalism, modernisation and revisionism
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10 Successes and failures
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11 From Hawke and Keating to the rise of New Labour, 1983–97
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12 From Howard to Gillard, from Blair to Brown, 1997–2010
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Conclusion
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Index
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September 13, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781526118134
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Keywords for this book
Australian Labor Party; British empire; British Labour Party; British world; electoral performance; empire; imperialism; labour movements; labour politics; loyalism; nation; political power; race; revisionists; social class; social power; trade unions; traditionalists; working-class politics
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
