The nature of sweating and the origins of low pay legislation are of fundamental social, economic...

Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston explore the experience of coal miners' lung diseases and the at...

No British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book i...

Once the heartland of British labour history, trade unionism has been marginalised in much recent...

Once the heartland of British labour history, trade unionism has been marginalised in much recent...

Integrating in detail the experiences of both Britain and Ireland, 1820 provides a compelling nar...

Integrating in detail the experiences of both Britain and Ireland, 1820 provides a compelling nar...

First published in 1994, this volume features an autobiography of Allen Davenport, a key figure l...

First published in 1994, this volume features an autobiography of Allen Davenport, a key figure l...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfecti...

No British social movement captured contemporary imaginations as Chartism did. This unique book i...

This book traces the development of agrarian ideas from the 1770s through to Chartism, and seeks ...