Industrial Conflict in Modern Britain

James E. Cronin is Research Professor in History who has long taught British, European, comparative and international history. His research interests have involved the relationship between states and social structures, parties, and the rise and fall of the Cold War world order.

• List of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Introduction: Strikes and Society in Modern Britain 2. Theories of Industrial Conflict 3. The Peculiar Pattern of British Strikes 4. Towards an Historical Model of Strike Activity 5. Three Great Leaps- 1889-90, 1910-13, and 1919-20 6. Defeat, Reorientation and Renewal, 1919-74 7. Industrial Contrasts 8. Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B Index

Reviews of the original publication: ‘James Cronin has written an important, interesting and original book on British strikes. In seeking an explanation of the peculiarities of British strike activity he rejects many of the conventional arguments of industrial sociologists and industrial relations writers… Instead Cronin adopts an approach which combines a broadly historical materialist framework with a strong emphasis upon the rational and purposive role of strike activity from the subjective standpoint of the working man or woman faced with the anarchic contradictions and pressures of capitalist development.’Ian Rutledge, Science & Society, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Spring, 1982)