Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction / Laurence Marley -- 1. A tangled legacy : the Irish 'inheritance' of British Labour / Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh -- 2. Uneasy transitions : Irish nationalism, the rise of Labour and the Catholic Herald, 1888-1914 / Joan Allen -- 3. British Labour, Belfast and home rule, 1900-14 / Emmet O'Connor -- 4. Labour and Irish revolution : from investigation to deportation / Ivan Gibbons -- 5. British Labour and developments in Ireland in the immediate post-war years / Peter Collins -- 6. 'Where the Tories rule' : Geoffrey Ming MP and partition / Bib Purdie -- 7. The British Labour Party and the tragedy of Northern Ireland Labour / Aaron Edwards -- 8. 'That link must be preserved, but there are other problems' : the British Labour Party and Derry, 1942-62 / Máirtín Ó Catháin -- 9. Reflections on aspects of Labour's policy towards Northern Ireland, 1966-70 : a personal narrative / Kevin McNamara -- 10. The Labour government and police primacy in Northern Ireland, 1974-79 / Stuart C. Aveyard -- 11. Some intellectual origins of the Labour left's thought about Ireland, c.1979-97 / Stephen Howe -- 12. The militant tendency comes to Ireland, c.1969-89 / John Cunningham -- 13. Anglo-Irish diplomatic relations and the British Labour Party, 1981-94 / Melinda Sutton -- 14. Leaving the soundbites at home? Tony Blair, New Labour and Northern Ireland, 1993-2007 / Kevin Bean |
Summary |
With contributions from a range of distinguished Irish and British scholars, this collection of essays provides a full treatment of the historical relationship between the Labour Party and Ireland in the last century, from Keir Hardie to Tony Blair |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 4, 2015) |
Subject |
Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century
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SUBJECT |
Labour Party (Great Britain) fast |
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Political parties -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Political Parties.
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Central Government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
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Political parties
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068046
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Subject |
Ireland
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Marley, Laurence, editor.
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ISBN |
9781784997069 |
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1784997064 |
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