edited by Brian Brivati and Richard Heffernan ; foreword by Tony Blair ; preface by Michael Foot
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xxi, 512 pages ;
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25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface / Michael Foot -- Foreword / Tony Blair -- Introduction / Brian Brivati and Richard Heffernan -- Out of the bowers of the movement : the trade unions and the origins of the Labour Party 1900-18 / Robert Taylor -- Labour in and out of government, 1923-1935 / Keith Laybourn -- The Attlee years, 1935-1955 / Kevin Jefferys -- The age of Wilson 1955-1979 / Lewis Baston -- The wilderness years, 1979-1994 / Eric Shaw -- From old to new Labour, 1994-2000 / Martin J. Smith -- In defence of new Labour / Denis Healey -- The legacy of the SDP / David Owen -- A Tory view of 1964-1970 / John Biffen -- The challenge of co-operation / Calum MacDonald -- The global future / Clare Short -- Reinterpreting Labour's history of failure / Austin Mitchell -- An end of century report card / Angela Eagle -- Trade union freedom and the Labour Party : Arthur Deakin, Frank Cousins and the Transport and General Workers Union 1945-1964 / Robert Taylor -- Norms and blocks : trade unions and the Labour Party since 1964 / Steve Ludlam -- Leaders and followers : the politics of the Parliamentary Labour Party / Richard Heffernan -- Crimes and misdemeanours : managing dissent in the twentieth and twenty-first century Labour Party / Tim Bale -- Labour's constitution and public ownership : from 'old Clause Four to 'new' Clause Four / Tudor Jones -- A 'miracle of politics' : the rise of Labour, 1900-45 / Andrew Chadwick -- 'The future Labour offered' : industrial modernisation projects in the British Labour Party from Gaitskell to Blair / Brian Brivati -- Labour's international policy : a story of conflict and contention / Dan Keohane -- Beyond Euro-scepticism? Labour and the European Union since 1945 / Richard Heffernan -- Questions of gender : Labour and women / Christine Collette -- Labour and welfare politics / Nick Ellison -- Labour local government 1900-1999 / Lewis Baston -- Labour's literary dominance / Brian Brivati