{"product_id":"workers-of-the-empire-unite-radical-and-popular-challenges-to-british-imperialism-1910s-1960s-9781800859685","title":"Workers of the Empire, Unite: Radical and Popular","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn most studies of British decolonisation, the world of labour is neglected, the key roles being allocated to metropolitan statesmen and native elites. Instead this volume focuses on the role played by working people, their experiences, initiatives and organisations, in the dissolution of the British Empire, both in the metropole and in the colonies.  How central was the intervention of the metropolitan Left in the liquidation of the British Empire? Were labour mobilisations in the colonies only stepping stones for bourgeois nationalists? To what extent were British labour activists willing and able to form connections with colonial workers, and vice versa? Here are some of the complex questions on which this volume sheds new light.  Though convergences were fragile and temporary, this book recapture the sense of uncertainty that accompanied the final decades of the British Empire, a period when radical minorities hoped that coordinated efforts across borders might lead not only to the destruction of the British Empire but to that of capitalism and imperialism in general.  Exploiting rare primary sources and adopting a resolutely transnational approach, our collection makes an original contribution to both labour history and imperial studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With excellent framing essays by the editors that enrich the discussion, connecting the multiple areas of new empirical inquiry to larger questions of historiography and deeper social context, this is the go-to text on the role of Labour and the Left within the politics of the British decolonization experience.' \u003cbr\u003eProfessor Leon Fink, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Illinois at Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beliard and Kirk’s collection of essays on radical challenges to British imperialism provides a valuable series of case studies... Some will not agree with all its judgements but its case studies, like Tom Sibley’s on Fava, throw light on how far the influence of Britain’s imperialist state penetrated all aspects of our society including the labour movement.' \u003cbr\u003e John Foster, \u003cem\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eWorkers of the Empire, Unite\u003c\/em\u003e is a sophisticated and scholarly contribution to the ongoing process of what might be called decolonizing British labor history through excellent historical studies relating to British labor and decolonization.’ \u003cbr\u003e Christian Høgsbjerg, \u003cem\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘As British society reassesses its history of colonialism, along with its associated symbols and attitudes, there is an increasing need for histories that bring a class-conscious perspective into this. This book and its notions of “decolonization from below” acts as an important introduction to what is hopefully a renaissance in the study of anti-imperialism and class politics.’ David Isserman, \u003cem\u003eScottish Labour History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eWorkers of the Empire\u003c\/em\u003e gives detailed insights into the history of the labour movement, left-wing activists, and the ‘proletariat’ in anti-colonial struggle. At the same time, it delves into the history of the British empire in particular by stressing the way the Empire sought to stifle anti-colonial voices in the colonies as is the case with the excellent essays on Kenya by Dave Hyde and on Sudan by Gareth Curless. In sum, this edited collection makes a significant contribution to the history of the British empire, imperialism, and especially the role of the left and the working class in anti-colonial struggle.’ Mohamed Chamekh, \u003cem\u003eLabor History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on contributorsList of abbreviationsList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003eForeword: Paul Pickering (Australian National University)Introduction: Yann Béliard (Sorbonne Nouvelle University), Labour, empire and decolonisation: historiographical landmarks\u003cbr\u003ePART 1 – Contesting Imperialism (1910s-1950s)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Marie Terrier (CREW, Sorbonne Nouvelle University), Annie Besant’s fight for Home Rule in India, 1910s-1920sChapter 2: Yann Béliard (Sorbonne Nouvelle University), Sylvia Pankhurst vs. the British Empire: the Workers’ Dreadnought experience, 1917 1924Chapter 3: Nicholas Owen (University of Oxford), Alliances from above and below: the failures and successes of communist anti-imperialism in India, 1920 1934Chapter 4: Matt Perry (Newcastle University), ‘The Lingua Franca of the Bangle’: Ellen Wilkinson, the Indian nationalist movement and British Labour, 1932Chapter 5: Quentin Gasteuil (Ecole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS) \/ Sorbonne University), A comparative and transnational approach to socialist anti-colonialism: the Fenner Brockway – Marceau Pivert connection, 1930s-1950s\u003cbr\u003ePART 2 – Labour, Decolonisation and Independence (1940s-1960s)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Gareth Curless (University of Exeter), Decolonisation and claim making in the Sudan, c. 1945-1958Chapter 7: Tom Sibley (International Centre for Trade Union Rights, ICTUR), Class, Cold War and colonialism: the deportation of Albert Fava from Gibraltar to Britain, 1948Chapter 8: David Hyde (University of East London), Decolonisation and ‘Development Untoward’: crisis and conflict on Kenya’s tea plantations, 1959-1960Chapter 9: Evan Smith (Flinders University of South Australia), For socialist revolution or national liberation? Anti-colonialism and the Communist Parties of Great Britain, Australia and South Africa in the era of decolonisation\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Neville Kirk (Manchester Metropolitan University), Eight points on labour and the end of the British EmpireAfterword: Yann Béliard (Sorbonne Nouvelle University), Towards a people’s history of British decolonisationBibliographyIndex","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470073565527,"sku":"9781800859685","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800859685.jpg?v=1744897320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/workers-of-the-empire-unite-radical-and-popular-challenges-to-british-imperialism-1910s-1960s-9781800859685","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}