This work provides an illustrated history of the Labour Party, concentrating on the major personalities and crises. It tells the whole story, from its working class roots to Blairism and New Labour.
List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
v
Abbreviations
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Introduction
ix
The Rise of Labour: Foundation of the Labour Representation Committee and Development of the Party, c. 1900-18
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Labour at War, 1914-18
23
(8)
Ramsay MacDonald and the Rise and Fall of the Labour Party, 1918-31
31
(16)
The Collapse and Revival of Labour, c. 1931-45
47
(18)
The High Point of Labour: the Attlee Governments, 1945-51
65
(24)
Crisis in the Labour Party, 1951-79
89
(22)
Despair, Reconstruction and Revival: The Labour Party from Foot to Blair, 1979-94
