James E. Cronin is Research Professor in History who has long taught British, European, comparative and international history. His research interests have involved the relationship between states and social structures, parties, and the rise and fall of the Cold War world order.Jonathan Schneer is an American historian of modern Britain whose work ranges over labour, political, social, cultural, and diplomatic subjects. He is an emeritus professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

• 1. Social History and Politics in Britain 2. Britain Creates the Social Movement 3. Strikes and the Urban Hierarchy in English Industrial Towns, 1842- 1901 4. 1910-1914 Reconsidered 5. The War, the State and the Workplace: British Dockers during 1914-1918 6. Coping with Labour, 1918-1926 7. The British Labour and the Cold War: The London Dock Strike of 1949 8. Rethinking Labour History: The Importance of Work Notes on Contributors Index

James E. Cronin is Research Professor in History who has long taught British, European, comparative and international history. His research interests have involved the relationship between states and social structures, parties, and the rise and fall of the Cold War world order.Jonathan Schneer is an American historian of modern Britain whose work ranges over labour, political, social, cultural, and diplomatic subjects. He is an emeritus professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

• 1. Social History and Politics in Britain 2. Britain Creates the Social Movement 3. Strikes and the Urban Hierarchy in English Industrial Towns, 1842- 1901 4. 1910-1914 Reconsidered 5. The War, the State and the Workplace: British Dockers during 1914-1918 6. Coping with Labour, 1918-1926 7. The British Labour and the Cold War: The London Dock Strike of 1949 8. Rethinking Labour History: The Importance of Work Notes on Contributors Index

James E. Cronin is Research Professor in History who has long taught British, European, comparative and international history. His research interests have involved the relationship between states and social structures, parties, and the rise and fall of the Cold War world order.Jonathan Schneer is an American historian of modern Britain whose work ranges over labour, political, social, cultural, and diplomatic subjects. He is an emeritus professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

• 1. Social History and Politics in Britain 2. Britain Creates the Social Movement 3. Strikes and the Urban Hierarchy in English Industrial Towns, 1842- 1901 4. 1910-1914 Reconsidered 5. The War, the State and the Workplace: British Dockers during 1914-1918 6. Coping with Labour, 1918-1926 7. The British Labour and the Cold War: The London Dock Strike of 1949 8. Rethinking Labour History: The Importance of Work Notes on Contributors Index