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The Failure of a Dream: The Independent Labour Party from Disaffiliation to World War II
Gidon Cohen
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Description for The Failure of a Dream: The Independent Labour Party from Disaffiliation to World War II
Hardback. Series: International Library of Political Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBT; JPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
The Independent Labour Party began the 1930s as a significant force in dispute with the Labour Party proper. In 1932, as these conflicts led to a split, the party had more MPs in Scotland than the larger organisation and a membership five times that of the British Communist Party. In the first major study of the Independent Labour Party after disaffiliation from the mainstream in 1932, Gidon Cohen draws on archival material from Moscow and newly released police and secret service papers as well as other major British archives. In doing so he explores the culture and politics of an ... Read more
The Independent Labour Party began the 1930s as a significant force in dispute with the Labour Party proper. In 1932, as these conflicts led to a split, the party had more MPs in Scotland than the larger organisation and a membership five times that of the British Communist Party. In the first major study of the Independent Labour Party after disaffiliation from the mainstream in 1932, Gidon Cohen draws on archival material from Moscow and newly released police and secret service papers as well as other major British archives. In doing so he explores the culture and politics of an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
262
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
International Library of Political Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845113001
SKU
V9781845113001
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About Gidon Cohen
Gidon Cohen is Lecturer in Politics at the school of Government and International Affairs at Durham University.
Reviews for The Failure of a Dream: The Independent Labour Party from Disaffiliation to World War II
TRIBUNE"An interesting account." David Winnick