Labour's Lost Leader

The Life and Politics of Will Crooks

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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The life story of Will Crooks has a Dickensian resonance. As a working-class child, born into abject poverty, he experienced the rigours of Popular Workhouse and Poor Law school. Nearly fourty years later Crooks became Chairman of the Popular Board of Guardians, the very board that had given him shelter during his challenging early years. Crooks was a member of the Cooper's Union and Labour movement for over thirty. This significant and sometimes controversial figure has been overlooked by modern historians. Here, Paul Tyler presents a pioneering political biography of a significant Labour figure at both a local and national level and an important reinterpretation of the early trade union and labour movement from the 1880s to the 1920s.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-03-22
Mått138 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt378 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781780760469

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AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart One: Local Activist and Labour Pioneer 1852-1907Will Crooks of PoplarGuardian of the PoorUnemployment and the Poor LawWoolwich and independent Labour representationPart Two: Labour Pioneer and Member of Parliament 1903-19215Member for Woolwich6Role in Parliament and the General Elections of 19107Returns to the Parliamentary Fray8War and PeaceReferences and NotesBibliographyIndex

'Paul Tyler's biography of [a] quintessential Labour stalwart who never quite made it to the top is an excellent read ... Will Crooks (1851-1921) is a name that will not ring many bells, even among the Labour faithful - though it ought to and, indeed, now should do, with the publication of this deeply researched and carefully considered life.' - Denis Judd, Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History at London Metropolitan University, and author of 'Empire' and 'George 17' (both I.B.Tauris) '...an impressive study of one of Labour's early leaders.' - Keith Laybourn, Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield