United we stand: a history of Britain's trade unions
"Previous histories of the British trade unions have tended to treat the working class as a single entity. This gave workers' identity a coherence and dignity, but it also made them separate from and excluded from the rest of British society. In this highly original and absorbing new book...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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New York
2005
Penguin Books |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19291678124910198509-united-we-stand-a-history-of-B.htm |
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| author | Reid, Alastair J. |
| author_facet | Reid, Alastair J. |
| collection | Library items |
| description | "Previous histories of the British trade unions have tended to treat the working class as a single entity. This gave workers' identity a coherence and dignity, but it also made them separate from and excluded from the rest of British society. In this highly original and absorbing new book Alastair Reid discards this entire model, preferring to see working people' as integral to British society as a whole. Looking both at individual workers and their fates and at the often vast organisations that have represented them, Alastair Reid, in this fundamentally important book, shows how unions have throughout the modern era always been a crucial element in British life and that all governments have - whether they like it or not - had to develop policies to deal with them." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | United Kingdom |
| id | 19291678124910198509_849b37a2c7ec4a1b9a7f433e0942f4bb |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19291678124910198509_849b37a2c7ec4a1b9a7f433e0942f4bb |
| is_hierarchy_title | United we stand: a history of Britain's trade unions |
| language | English |
| physical | XVII, 474 p. Paper |
| publishDate | 2005 |
| publisher | New York Penguin Books |
| spellingShingle | Reid, Alastair J. government attitude history trade union recognition trade union working class trade union power United we stand: a history of Britain's trade unions |
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| title | United we stand: a history of Britain's trade unions |
| topic | government attitude history trade union recognition trade union working class trade union power |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19291678124910198509-united-we-stand-a-history-of-B.htm |