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Labour and the Politics of Empire

Britain and Australia 1900 to the Present
By Neville Kirk
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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Labour and the Politics of Empire offers a pathbreaking comparative and trans-national analysis of how nation, empire and race have shaped the Labour Party in Britain and the Australian Labor Party from the early 1900s up to the 2010 elections. Drawing on extensive research in both countries, Neville Kirk reveals the significant influence these forces exerted on Labour's political development, challenging previous historical perspectives. This study advances understanding in labour, imperial and British world history.
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This book will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars interested in history and politics, particularly those focusing on labour movements, imperial history and British Commonwealth studies. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with the past and future of Labour politics in Britain, Australia and beyond.

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This is a pathbreaking comparative and trans-national study of the neglected influences of nation, empire and race upon the development and electoral fortunes of the Labour Party in Britain and the Australian Labor Party from their formative years of the 1900s to the elections of 2010. Based upon extensive primary and secondary source-based researc

This is a pathbreaking comparative and trans-national study of the neglected influences of nation, empire and race upon the electoral fortunes of the Labour Party in Britain and the Australian Labor Party from the 1900s to the elections of 2010.

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This is a pathbreaking comparative and trans-national study of the neglected influences of nation, empire and race upon the development and electoral fortunes of the Labour Party in Britain and the Australian Labor Party from their formative years of the 1900s to the elections of 2010.

Based upon extensive primary and secondary source-based research in Britain and Australia over several years, it makes a new and original contribution to the fields of labour, imperial and 'British world' history. The book offers the challenging conclusion that the forces of nation, empire and race exerted much greater influence upon Labour politics in both countries than suggested by 'traditionalists' and 'revisionists' alike.

Labour and the Politics of Empire will appeal to undergraduates, postgraduates, scholars in history and politics and all those interested in and concerned with the past, present and future of Labour politics in Britain, Australia and more generally.

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This is a well-written and widely researched comparative history of Britain's Labour Party and Australia's Labor Party, highlighting similar trajectories and intertwined fortunes over the twentieth century. Kirk demonstrates how these parties influenced each other at key historical moments, such as before World War I and during the 1980s and 1990s, underscoring their mutual inspiration and shared political evolution.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780719091315

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 February 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: Illustrations, black & white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 336

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Australian & Pacific History Education & Reference European History History & Archaeology History & Military Neville Kirk Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Series: Studies in Imperialism

About the Author

Neville Kirk is Emeritus Professor of Labour and Social History at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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