Title: The trade union badge : material culture in action /
Authors: Martin, Paul, 1959-
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Labor union members Medals.; Badges Social aspects.; Badges Psychological aspects.; Badges Collectors and collecting.; Labor unions History; Material culture Social aspects.; Material culture Psychological aspects.
Abstract: "The Trade Union Badge: Much of the nineteenth-century British labour movement was characterised by impressive membership emblems and banners. The lapel badge emerged towards the end of the century and signalled a further outward expression of self-worth, affording the trade union member a personal symbol of a collective identity." "This study of the history of the trade union badge provides an insight into the use and importance of visual symbolism in everyday life. It asserts the validity of such popular material culture as a lens through which to study underlying issues of identity and belonging, which are key themes in collecting. Whilst centred on the British trade union movement, the book draws substantially on Ireland, Australia and the USA for comparison, and to set the badge's importance in an international perspective."--Jacket.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Foreword vii -- General Preface to the Series ix -- Preface & xi -- Acknowledgements xiii -- List of illustrations xv -- Introduction: Here We Go, Here We Go, Here We Go (And How We Got -- Here) xvii -- Chapter 1: Of Emblems, Banners and Badges: The Triple Alliance 1 -- Chapter 2: The Lapel Emblazoned: The Origins and Development of the -- Trade Union Badge 21 -- Chapter 3: To Fight, To Struggle, To Right The Wrong: The Badge and -- the Struggle for Union Recognition 49 -- Chapter 4: An Epoch Of Minority Symbolism? The Pervasion of the -- Badge and the Contraction of the Union 97 -- Chapter 5: The Manufacturers 129 -- Chapter 6: Collect And Display: Post-Function 137 -- Chapter 7: This Is What I Am 165 -- Appendix 1: Selected Replies To The Labour Research Survey 171 -- Appendix 2: The Badge and Medallion In Song And Rhyme 173 -- Appendix 3: The Kokuro / ITF Survey Questionnaire 175 -- Appendix 4: The History of Thomas Fattorini Ltd. 177 -- Appendix 5: Explanations of Two Badge Designs 179 -- Bibliography 181 -- Index 193.