Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009).

'Stands in comparison with A. L. Morton's People's History and G. D. H. Cole's Common People. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times'

• IntroductionPart 1: The Industrial Revolution1. Economic and Political Background 1780 - 18502. The Impact of the French Revolution 1789 - 18153. 1815 - 1836 Post War Radicalism4. The Age of ChartismPart 2: 1850 - 1920 The Workshop of the World and Beyond5. Economic and Political Background 1850 - 19186. Trade Unions, Politics and the labour Aristocracy 1850 - 18807. The Rise of a Mass Labour Movement - Trade Unionism, 1880s - 19148. The Rise of a Mass Labour Movement - Socialist Politics, 1880s - 19149. Labour, the Shop Stewards; Movement and the First World WarPart 3: Re-Adjustment10. Economic and Political Background 1920 - 195111. Labour Governments and Unemployment 1920 - 193112. Trade Unions, the General Strike and the Aftermath13. The Labour Movement, Fascism and anti-Fascism and War14. War and peace 1940 - 195115. The Workers the Labour Movement Forgot - Women and Black People 1926 - 195116. 1951 - 1979 Consensus Politics?ConclusionNotesIndex

Mary Davis is Professor of Labour History at London Metropolitan University. She has written widely on labour and women's history, most recently Sylvia Pankhurst (Pluto, 1999) and Comrade or Brother? (Pluto, 2009).

'Stands in comparison with A. L. Morton's People's History and G. D. H. Cole's Common People. But it is more than just this. It is in a real sense a history for our own times'

• IntroductionPart 1: The Industrial Revolution1. Economic and Political Background 1780 - 18502. The Impact of the French Revolution 1789 - 18153. 1815 - 1836 Post War Radicalism4. The Age of ChartismPart 2: 1850 - 1920 The Workshop of the World and Beyond5. Economic and Political Background 1850 - 19186. Trade Unions, Politics and the labour Aristocracy 1850 - 18807. The Rise of a Mass Labour Movement - Trade Unionism, 1880s - 19148. The Rise of a Mass Labour Movement - Socialist Politics, 1880s - 19149. Labour, the Shop Stewards; Movement and the First World WarPart 3: Re-Adjustment10. Economic and Political Background 1920 - 195111. Labour Governments and Unemployment 1920 - 193112. Trade Unions, the General Strike and the Aftermath13. The Labour Movement, Fascism and anti-Fascism and War14. War and peace 1940 - 195115. The Workers the Labour Movement Forgot - Women and Black People 1926 - 195116. 1951 - 1979 Consensus Politics?ConclusionNotesIndex