Radical cultures and local identities
By: edited by Krista Cowman and Ian Packer
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781443823869
Subjects: Radicalism; Political participation; Local government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Krista Cowman; title: Radical culture and local identity : Berlin, 1871-1920 / Dick Geary; title: "An affront to the sensibilities of all thinking Canadians!" : the makings of a communist town council and the community behind it, Blairmore, Canada / Kyle R. Franz; title: Trade unionism, militancy and port communities in early twentieth-century Britain / Matt Vaughan Wilson; title: "Making areas strong for socialism and peace" : Labour women and radical politics in Bristol, 1906-1939 / June Hannam; title: How local is local? : the cultural and imperial politics of Georgian provincial theatre / David Worrall; title: Popular songs, social struggles and conflictual identities in Mestre-Marghera (1970s-1980s) / Pietro Di Paola; title: The myth of the Jarrow Crusade and the making of a local labour culture / Matt Perry; title: Contesting radical cultures : the cartoons of J.M. Staniforth of the Western mail / Chris Williams; title: Local radicals abroad : the view to and from the Caribbean in the 1920s and 1930s / Mary Chamberlain; title: Ethnicity, place and protest : South African perspectives on urban radical cultures and local identities / Vivian Bickford-Smith; title: Radical cultures and local identities : the north-east labour movement's response to the Spanish Civil War / Lewis Mates; title: The local, the radical and the popular : rubbish, recycling and local government in Britain and Spain / John K. Walton.