Title For class and country : the patriotic left and the First World War / David Swift

Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in labour history ; 9 Studies in labour history (Liverpool University Press) ; 9 Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- Tables and Graphs -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 â#x80;#x98;If this is to be a jingo, then I am a jingoâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour Patriotism before 1914 -- 2 â#x80;#x98;Iâ#x80;#x99;d sooner blackleg my union than blackleg my countryâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour Patriotism, 1914â#x80;#x93;18 -- August 1914 -- The Workersâ#x80;#x99; National Committee and Labour Support for the War -- Who Were the Labour Patriots? -- Workers and Trade Unions -- Anti-Germanism -- Labour Heroes -- 3 â#x80;#x98;Middle-class peace men?â#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour and the Anti-War Agitation Conscription, 1916â#x80;#x93;18Wartime Strikes, 1915â#x80;#x93;18 -- The Anti-War Movement, 1915â#x80;#x93;18 -- The Leeds and Stockholm Conferences -- 4 â#x80;#x98;Our Platform is Broad Enough and our Movement Big Enoughâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; The War and Recruits to Labour -- The Conversion of Liberal and Conservative Elites -- Labour, Soldiers, and Ex-Servicemen -- The War and the Appeal to the New Electorate -- 5 â#x80;#x98;The experiments are not found wantingâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour and the Wartime State -- The Wartime Growth of the British State -- Labour and the Workers during the War The Impact of the War on the Relationship between the British Left and the State6 â#x80;#x98;The greatest democratic force British politics have knownâ#x80;#x99; â#x80;#x93; Labour Cohesion and the War -- The Trade Unions and the Labour Party -- Labour and Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Organisations -- The Co-operative Movement and Labour -- Socialist Societies and the Labour Party -- The Rise and Decline of the Ultra-Patriots -- Conclusion -- Bibliography Summary This book argues that labour patriotism characterised the left's stance on the First World War, the anti-war stance was marginalised, and this patriotism both held the labour movement together and ensured greater electoral success after 1918 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 10, 2017) Subject Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Labour Party (Great Britain) fast Subject War and socialism. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. War and socialism Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781786948021 1786948028

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