'uniformly excellent, and should be read by anybody who is interested in the history, sociology or politics of Britain in the 20th century'London Review of Books

• Abbreviations; Why was there no Marxism in Great Britain?; Arthur Henderson as Labour leader; The franchise factor in the rise of the Labour party; Working class gambling in Great Britain, 1880-1950; Class and poverty in Edwardian England; The economic policy of the second Labour government, 1929-1931; The 'Social Psychology' of unemployment in inter-war Britain; Class and conventional wisdom: The Conservative party and the 'public' in inter-war Britain; Conclusion; Index

'uniformly excellent, and should be read by anybody who is interested in the history, sociology or politics of Britain in the 20th century'London Review of Books

• Abbreviations; Why was there no Marxism in Great Britain?; Arthur Henderson as Labour leader; The franchise factor in the rise of the Labour party; Working class gambling in Great Britain, 1880-1950; Class and poverty in Edwardian England; The economic policy of the second Labour government, 1929-1931; The 'Social Psychology' of unemployment in inter-war Britain; Class and conventional wisdom: The Conservative party and the 'public' in inter-war Britain; Conclusion; Index

'uniformly excellent, and should be read by anybody who is interested in the history, sociology or politics of Britain in the 20th century'London Review of Books

• Abbreviations; Why was there no Marxism in Great Britain?; Arthur Henderson as Labour leader; The franchise factor in the rise of the Labour party; Working class gambling in Great Britain, 1880-1950; Class and poverty in Edwardian England; The economic policy of the second Labour government, 1929-1931; The 'Social Psychology' of unemployment in inter-war Britain; Class and conventional wisdom: The Conservative party and the 'public' in inter-war Britain; Conclusion; Index