First published in 1988. The years 1945-51 were crucial to the Labour Party and the Left in Britain. This elegantly written book traces the gradual and painful disillusionment of the Labour Left with the Attlee governments and analyses the alternative, more militant, programme which the Labour Left devised. Never an organised bloc, the author argues that they are best understood as Labour's conscience - a militant tendency is the true sense of the words. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of political ...
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First published in 1988. The years 1945-51 were crucial to the Labour Party and the Left in Britain. This elegantly written book traces the gradual and painful disillusionment of the Labour Left with the Attlee governments and analyses the alternative, more militant, programme which the Labour Left devised. Never an organised bloc, the author argues that they are best understood as Labour's conscience - a militant tendency is the true sense of the words. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of political history.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 249 p. Audience: General/trade. Pages are unmarked. Cover is clean and in excellent condition. Dust jacket has minimal rubbing along top and bottom edges.
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Near Fine in very good + jacket. The Labour Left, 1945-51. 8vo. xiv, [2], 250 pp. Bound in red boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Includes bibliography and index. Near Fine, minor dustiness to top edge, otherwise, clean, sound copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor wear and age-toning overall.