Comrade or Brother? by Mary Davis

Comrade or Brother? by Mary Davis

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A revised, updated and expanded edition of this classic feminist account of British labour history.

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Comrade or Brother? by Mary Davis

Critical and iconoclastic, Comrade or Brother? traces the history of the British Labour Movement from its beginnings at the onset of industrialisation through its development within a capitalist society, up to the end of the twentieth-century. Written by a leading activist in the labour movement, the book redresses the balance in much labour history writing. It examines the place of women and the influence of racism and sexism as well as providing a critical analysis of the rival ideologies which played a role in the uneven development of the labour movement.
'Stands in comparison with AL. Morton's People's History and G. D. H. Cole's Common People. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times' -- John Foster, Emeritus Professor, University of the West of Scotland
'Ideal - I wish it had been available in the decades when I was teaching trade union courses' -- Jim Fryth, Labour History Review
'At last a readable and accessible general history of the labour movement ... Highly recommended' -- Manchester TUC Newsletter
Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009).
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ISBN 13 9780745325767
ISBN 10 0745325769
Title Comrade or Brother?
Author Mary Davis
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pluto Press
Year published 2009-02-20
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.