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Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain

by Geoff Andrews
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780300265897
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press
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  • Pages: 304
  • Original Price: GBP 25.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 522 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism

An authoritative and original history of the working classes and the British Left

The political Left in Britain rose out of the Industrial Revolution, as the working classes emerged as the leading force in the call for social change. Their contributions extended widely to political representation, the birth of the Labour Party and women's suffrage, the autodidact tradition in adult education, and Britain's literary culture. Throughout subsequent decades, the working classes remained central to the British radical tradition.

Geoff Andrews traces the history of the Left and the Labour Party through the ideas of leading thinkers, writers, educationalists, trade unionists, and politicians. Ranging from the Workers Educational Association to the General Strike and the Women's Liberation Movement, Andrews uncovers the voices of key figures. The first account of the Labour Party to put the working classes at the heart of its history, this fascinating book tells a wider story of their progressive contribution to British culture, politics, and the movements which have driven social change.

After failing his 11-plus and leaving school at 16, Geoff Andrews worked for several years before taking up a place at Ruskin College and entering higher education. He has spent most of his time since in adult education, teaching for The Open University and Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education. He is the author of several books on twentieth century British history, including three political biographies, and has written widely on the left and labour movement for Prospect, the New Statesman and Marxism Today.

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