An illustrated article on political banners in the nineteenth and twentieth century, including their use by trade union and women's suffrage movements.
Kevin Redhouse reviews the book by Philip Gillett, a sociological study of postwar Britain and the ways in which film portrayed the working class, the relationship between cinema as a means of popular entertainment and as a text is played out within the establishment of an historical context.
Part 1 of a two-part series exploring the debate among British historians about the emergence and development of the British working class during the 19th century.
UK´s oldest regional labour history society, dedicated to the study of working people's history in the region. Includes information about membership, publications, their activities and history. [Newcastle upon Tyne]
National centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in Britain. Information about their history, collections and galleries, archives, events, and news. [Manchester]
Organisation dedicated to the study of labour history in the UK; information about membership, publications, events, and newsletter; also offer downloadable lists of resources.
Information about the TUC Library Collections, now in London Metropolitan University; includes a timeline of union history, the manuscript of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists online, and digitised pages from the first century of the Trades Union Congress.
A collection of materials concerned with the activities, expression and enquiries of the labour movement, its allies and its enemies, since the late eighteenth century.
