Labour and the politics of empire
Subtitle: Britain and Australia, 1900 to the present
By: Neville Kirk
Series: Studies in imperialism; Studies in imperialism
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the US by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780719080791
Subjects: Politics and government; Imperialism; Australian Labor Party; Labour Party (Great Britain); History
Description: "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 labor, 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. The book will appeal to undergraduates, graduates, 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."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.