Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History
Autor Dr Louise Rawen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mar 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781441114266
ISBN-10: 1441114262
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 5 illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1441114262
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 5 illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Louise Raw has spoken throughout the world and in the media about her research into the matchwomenâ?Ts strike, the findings of which challenge British labour history as it stands.
Notă biografică
Louise Raw is a Labour historian with a background in the Trade Union movement and political campaigning. She has spoken throughout the world and in the media about her research into the matchwomen's strike, and writes a monthly column for The Morning Star.She has appeared on television and radio as well as delivering many talks in the local and Union communities.
Cuprins
Introduction, Methodology and Previous Literature \ 1. Angels in the House and Factory Girls\ 2. Haunted by the Woman Question: the Victorian Labour Movement and Women Workers \ 3. Life, Work and Politics in the Victorian East End \ 4. Liberals and Lucifers: Bryant & May and Matchmaking \ 5. The 'Notorious' Annie Besant: the Strike Leaders Reconsidered \ 6. 'One Girl Began': the Strike and the Matchwomen \ 7. The Matchwomen, the Great Dock Strike and New Unionism \ Bibliography \ Index
Recenzii
In a careful reconstruction of events, Raw exposes inaccuracies in the standard accounts ... [she] tells a great story with a terrific cast of characters ... parts of the book read like a detective story, with Raw ingenious in tracking down the strike leaders.
The Match Girls Strike is "integral to our national story". [It is a] history lesson that should be taught in our schools.
A spectacular but very readable account of epic original research that has uncovered a very different story from the traditional tale ... [Raw's] claim for this as an important foundation of New Unionism is strong also, so this really is a must-read book if you're interested in British political history.
[Louise is] a most excellent historian ... [an] excellent book.
I am most grateful to Louise Raw, whose outstanding work first published in 2009 documents in fine detail the strike and the events leading up to it.
Louise Raw must be congratulated for her persistence over many years to try and discover what really happened at Bryant and May in 1888 as she has produced a book of vital importance.
Raw's book is infused with a desire to right an historical wrong, and to give credit to those who through enduring hardship deserve it ... Raw's primary motive is that the true contribution of the matchwomen be given proper respect in trade union history. She convinces me.
In this study the author offers a new interpretation of the famous London matchgirls' strike of July 1888. Returning to the stories of the women themselves and using interviews with some of their descendants, she sets out to prove that, contrary to the commonly held view, the women themselves begin began the strike, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant.
Don't miss this now it is out in paperback.
This is an extraordinary book ... The conclusion reached by the author, as a result of the most detailed research extending over many years, was that the strike was not confined to hapless young girls.
The Matchwomen are part of the fabric of the trade union movement in this country and as such quite rightly deserve their place in our history. I am confident Louise's excellent and sympathetic book will ensure that this happens.
Well-conceived and researched ... this is a book that deserves the opportunity to overturn [the] traditional interpretation.
This is a good example of revisionist historical writing which gives full credit to an important and usually misunderstood event.
The work is a major contribution to labour and social history. Incredibly well researched and written ... an absolute must for serious historians.
The Match Girls Strike is "integral to our national story". [It is a] history lesson that should be taught in our schools.
A spectacular but very readable account of epic original research that has uncovered a very different story from the traditional tale ... [Raw's] claim for this as an important foundation of New Unionism is strong also, so this really is a must-read book if you're interested in British political history.
[Louise is] a most excellent historian ... [an] excellent book.
I am most grateful to Louise Raw, whose outstanding work first published in 2009 documents in fine detail the strike and the events leading up to it.
Louise Raw must be congratulated for her persistence over many years to try and discover what really happened at Bryant and May in 1888 as she has produced a book of vital importance.
Raw's book is infused with a desire to right an historical wrong, and to give credit to those who through enduring hardship deserve it ... Raw's primary motive is that the true contribution of the matchwomen be given proper respect in trade union history. She convinces me.
In this study the author offers a new interpretation of the famous London matchgirls' strike of July 1888. Returning to the stories of the women themselves and using interviews with some of their descendants, she sets out to prove that, contrary to the commonly held view, the women themselves begin began the strike, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant.
Don't miss this now it is out in paperback.
This is an extraordinary book ... The conclusion reached by the author, as a result of the most detailed research extending over many years, was that the strike was not confined to hapless young girls.
The Matchwomen are part of the fabric of the trade union movement in this country and as such quite rightly deserve their place in our history. I am confident Louise's excellent and sympathetic book will ensure that this happens.
Well-conceived and researched ... this is a book that deserves the opportunity to overturn [the] traditional interpretation.
This is a good example of revisionist historical writing which gives full credit to an important and usually misunderstood event.
The work is a major contribution to labour and social history. Incredibly well researched and written ... an absolute must for serious historians.