A History of British Trade Unionism by Henry Pelling

A History of British Trade Unionism by Henry Pelling

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A History of British Trade Unionism by Henry Pelling

The current debate about industrial relations cannot be understood without a knowledge of trade-union history. Dr Pelling's book, which has for several years been a standard work on the subject, has again been revised and updated to take account of recent research and to explain the course of events up to the Thatcher years, the miner's strike and the Employment Acts. The growth of white-collar unionism and the extension of women's rights are dealt with in the concluding chapters.
DR HENRY PELLING is Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Reader in Recent British History.
Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, and educated at Birkenhead School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read classics initially and then (after fours years' service in the British Army during the Second World War) history. In 1949 he became a Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, and remained there until 1966 when he returned to Cambridge. He has visited the United States on several occasions and has studied there, and has taught American history as well as British.
His first book was called The Origins of the Labour Party, an elaboration of his doctoral thesis. Other works include A Short History of the Labour Party (which has had seven editions) and a life of Winston Churchill (1974)
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ISBN 13 9780140206166
ISBN 10 0140206167
Title A History of British Trade Unionism
Author Henry Pelling
Series Pelican S
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1970-01-29
Number of pages 336
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