| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 350 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Socialism and history -- The Victorian context -- The Marxists. Ernest Belfort Bax ; Henry Mayers Hyndman ; William Morris ; The social democratic federation -- The Fabians. Theories of rent ; George Bernard Shaw ; Sidney Webb ; Permeation and independent labor -- The ethical Socialists. Welfarism, socialism, and religion ; American romanticism and British socialism ; Ethical anarchism ; The Labour Church Movement ; Conclusion: Socialism, labor, and the state |
| Summary |
"The Making of British Socialism provides a new interpretation of the emergence of British socialism in the late nineteenth century, demonstrating that it was not a working-class movement demanding state action, but a creative campaign of political hope promoting social justice, personal transformation, and radical democracy."--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"A PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS E-BOOK"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-336) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR platform, viewed March 30, 2017) |
| Subject |
Socialism -- Great Britain
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Labor unions -- Great Britain -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Labor unions
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Socialism
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400840281 |
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1400840287 |
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1283163853 |
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9781283163859 |
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