Dictionary of labour biography

Author(s)

• Bellamy, Joyce M.
• Saville, John
• Martin, David E.
• Gildart, Keith
• Howell, David
• Kirk, Neville

Bibliographic Information

Dictionary of labour biography

edited by Joyce M. Bellamy and John Saville

Macmillan, 1972-

• : 9-vol. set
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4
• v. 5
• v. 6
• v. 7
• v. 8
• v. 9
• v. 10
• v. 11
• v. 12
• v. 13
• v. 14

Note

Editors: vols. 8-10: with assistance from David E. Martin; v. 11: Keith Gildart, David Howell and Neville Kirk; v. 12-14: Keith Gildart, David Howell

Publisher: v. 11-: Palgrave Macmillan

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 13 ISBN 9780230004566

Description

Volume XIII of the Dictionary of Labour Biography maintains the standard of original and thorough scholarship for which the series has earned its outstanding reputation. A unique study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history, each entry is written by a specialist and engages with recent developments in the field of labour history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes To Readers List Of Contributors List Of Bibliographies And Special Notes Biographies Consolidated List Of Names In Volumes I-Xiii General Index

Volume

v. 8 ISBN 9780333387825

Description

This addition to the twelve-volume Dictionary of Labour Biography is organised on a self-contained basis. The time-span of the eighth volume spans two centuries of radicals, trade unionists and socialists. Entries are on the same pattern as those for the Dictionary of National Biography, but with many more bibliographical sources provided.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes to Readers List of Contributors List of Abbreviations List of Bibliographies and Special Notes Biographies Consolidated List of Names in Vols I-VIII General Index

Volume

v. 9 ISBN 9780333387832

Description

Includes radicals of the Chartist and earlier periods, trade unionists and other radicals after 1850. The book is especially concerned with 20th-century activists and intellectuals, notably those whose formative years or main political life was spent during the period between the two World Wars.

Volume

v. 10 ISBN 9780333387849

Description

This long-awaited addition to the existing well established nine-volume Dictionary of Labour Biography is organised on a self-contained basis. The time-span of the tenth volume covers the period of modern industrialism, from the late eighteenth century to the present. Living people are excluded. It is intended to include anyone who was active, at any level, in the organisations and institutions of the British labour movement, as well as those who influenced the development of radical and socialist ideas. Entries are on the same pattern as those for the Dictionary of National Biography , but with many more bibliographical sources provided.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Un Peu d'Histoire Notes to Readers List of Contributors List of Abbreviations List of Bibliographies and Special Notes Biographies Consolidated List of Names in Volumes I - X General Index

Volume

: 9-vol. set ISBN 9780333574058

Description

This nine volume project, with each volume on a self-contained basis, contains entries including all persons active in the organization and institutions of the British labour movement as well as those who influenced the development of radical and socialist ideas. The timespan covers the period of modern industrialization from the end of the 18th century to the present. Living persons are excluded. Biographical sources, including writings, are attached to individual entries, and each volume includes a consolidated list of names already published to date and a comprehensive subject index. Other books by Joyce M. Bellamy include "A Hundred Years of Pharmacy in Hull in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Hull Chemists' Association 1868-1968", "Yorkshire Business Histories: A Bibliography" and "The Trade and Shipping of Nineteeth-Century Hull". John Saville has also written "Ernest Jones: Chartist", "Rural Depopulation in England and Wales, 1851-1951", three volumes of "Essays in Labour History" edited with Asa Briggs, "1848: the British State and the Chartist Movement" and "The Labour Movement in Britain: a Commentary". David E. Martin has also edited "Ideology and the Labour Movement" with David Rubinstein, and is currently the editor of the "Labour History Review".

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Notes to Readers - List of Contributors - List of Abbreviations - List of Bibliographies and Special Notes - Biographies - Consolidated List of Names in Volumes I-IX - General Index

Volume

v. 11 ISBN 9780333968727

Description

Volume XI of the Dictionary of Labour Biography maintains the strengths of earlier contributions to this well established and authoritative series. It incorporates many scholarly and original studies of Labour movement figures from a variety of periods and backgrounds together with special notes on related and neglected topics. Volume XI pays particular attention to the role and contributions of women and the multi-nationality of the British Labour movement. Each entry is accompanied by a thorough bibliography and incorporates the most recent historical scholarship in the field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes to Readers List of Contributors List of Bibliographies and Special Notes Biographies Consolidated List of Names in Vols I-XI General Index

Volume

v. 12 ISBN 9780333968734

Description

The Dictionary of Labour Biography has an outstanding reputation as a reference work for the study of nineteenth and twentieth-century British history. Volume XII maintains this standard of original and thorough scholarship. Each entry draws on primary sources, engages with the most recent historiography and is supported by an appropriate bibliography. The coverage emphasizes the ethnic and national diversity of British labour, the contribution of women and neglected political traditions including Trotskyism. Special notes on Keep Left and the Nenni Telegram offer new insights into the politics of the 1940s.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes to Readers List of Contributors List of Bibliographies and Special Notes Biographies Consolidated List of Names in Volumes I-XII General Index

Volume

v. 14 ISBN 9781137457424

Description

The Dictionary of Labour Biography has an outstanding reputation as a reference work for the study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history. Volume XIV maintains this standard of original and thorough scholarship. Each entry is written by a specialist drawing on an array of primary and secondary sources. The biographical essays engage with recent historiographical developments in the field of labour history. The scope of the volume emphasises the ethnic and national diversity of the British labour movement and neglected political traditions.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- NOTES TO READERS.- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.- LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND SPECIAL NOTES.- BIOGRAPHIES.- CONSOLIDATED LIST OF NAMES IN VOLUMES I-XIV.- GENERAL INDEX.

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Details

• NCID: BA02691427
• ISBN:
  • 0333574052
  • 0333131800
  • 0333140389
  • 0333144155
  • 0333197046
  • 0333220153
  • 0333240952
  • 0333331818
  • 0333387821
  • 033338783X
  • 0333387848
  • 0333968727
  • 0333968735
  • 9780230004566
  • 9781137457424
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD8393.A1
  • DC20 : 331/.092/2
  • DC20 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Working class -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries