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The Development of Trade Unionism in Great Britain and Germany, 1880-1914, Paperback / softback Book

The Development of Trade Unionism in Great Britain and Germany, 1880-1914 Paperback / softback

Edited by Wolfgang J. Mommsen, Hans-Gerhard Husung

Part of the Routledge Library Editions: The German Economy series

Paperback / softback

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This stimulating collection of essays by distinguished British, American, Australian and German scholars, originally published in 1985, offers a picture of the upsurge of New Unionism and the growth of old unions, and looks at the severe setbacks which occurred in the labour movements of Britain and Germany between the 1880s and the First World War.

Labour history is seen from a European perspective and special emphasis is placed on the role of the state in Britain and Germany in its desire to contain and suppress trade union activity by law or force.

Insights are provided into the political allegiances of the unions and their members to the parties of the working class and the state.

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