Ernest Bevin : a biography

Author(s)

• Bullock, Alan
• Brivati, Brian
• Hennessy, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Ernest Bevin : a biography

Alan Bullock ; edited by Brian Brivati ; foreword by Peter Hennessy

Politico's, c2002

Note

Previously published unabridged in 3 v. as The life and times of Ernest Bevin. London : Heinemann. 1960, 1967 and 1983

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This new edition looks at the miner who rose to become Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government; influential trade unionist during the General Strike and creator of the Transport and General Workers' Union; Minister of Labour in the wartime coalition government and creator of the "Bevin Boys", young men conscripted to work down the pits - Ernest Bevin is one of the true giants of 20th-century political history.

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Details

• NCID: BA73772507
• ISBN:
  • 1902301854
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 826 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 941.082/092
  • LCC : DA585.B4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951
  • LCSH : Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Labor leaders -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • LCSH : Labor unions -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-