Dictionary of Labour Biography: Volume XIII

Product 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.


Review


'The best of its kind anywhere in the world'- The Guardian
Reviews of previous volumes:
Volume III
'...fascinating picture of the richness and diversity of the British labour tradition.'- The Times
Volume VI
'The Dictionary becomes more valuable as it progresses...the work remains a monument to scholarship and the British people.'- Professor E.J. Hobsbawm, New Society
Volume VII
'The Dictionary is now well estabilshed as a central source for details of careers and bibliographic information.'- Dr H.C.G. Matthew, English Historical Review
Volume VIII
'The Dictionary of Labour Biography continues on its course (the first volume appeared in 1972) and with each successive volume becomes more and more valuable...The Dictionary is of course far more than a collection of biographical entries. It is a huge pot-pourri of labour, socialist, radical and popular history.'- Professor J.F.C. Harrison, Labour History Review
Volume IX
'...Tych, author of the biographical dictionary of the Polish workers' movement, recently remarked of the DLB, in conversation among a group of participants at the Linz conference [of labour historians] that it is 'simply the best'...Tych's command of European languages and familiarity with the other dictionaries...and the general respect in which he is held, gave authority to the statement.'- John Halstead, Labour History Review


About the Author


BRUCE AUBRY IAN BULLOCK ALAN CAMPBELL School of History, University of Liverpool, UK TONY CAREW STEPHEN CATTERALL University of Huddersfield, UK BOB FRYER JOHN HENRY HARRY KNOWLES Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, Australia DETLEV MARES Institute of History, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany LEWIS H. MATES Durham University, UK JOHN MCILROY Keele University, UK KEVIN MORGAN School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK CHRIS NORTON University of Wolverhampton, UK EMMET O'CONNOR School of History, University of Ulster, UK JOHN S. PARTINGTON BEN REES JUTTA SCHWARZKOPF University of Magdeburg, Germany RICHARD TEMPLE Senate House Library, University of London, UK STEPHEN WILLIAMS