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Excerpt from The British Trades Union Congress; History and Recollections Obviously, the possession of such a record should the better enable the delegates to Congress to appreciate the importance of the work in which they are actually engaged, and for the continuity, efficiency, and success of which they are individually and collectively responsible; whilst, at the same time, placing before them, in a clear and concise manner, the difficulties and trials which those who preceded them in the movement had to meet and overcome, inviting a fuller recognition of the strenuous and splendid services which those men, by energy and determination, were able to accomplish, and clearly setting forth the benefits and advantages which the Trade Unionists of the present day are enjoying as a result of those earlier labours and struggles. By the help of these personal recollections and the abbreviated records of the Congress discussions, the reader will be materially assisted in realising the work - the comparatively prodigious work - which the earlier Trade Unionists undertook on behalf of the movement whose foundations they laid, and the difficulties surmounted in carrying to a successful issue the many legislative measures, the initiation of which, it can with truth be stated, mainly emanated from the deliberations of the men who were prominent in the earlier stages of the Trade Union movement. The Records emphasise in a most remarkable manner the proverb that History repeats itself I and make it clear how the movement in favour of trade combination was impeded at every stage by the capitalist, with the undisguised aid of some of the judges. It will be gathered that whenever Parliament had legislated in the interest of the workers' combinations, judge-made law has time and again stepped in to frustrate the clear intentions of those responsible in Parliament for the framing and passing of such legislation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This is a comprehensive bibliography of all printed books, articles and standard texts on England, Ireland, Scotland, the Commonwealth and the colonies up to 1970. This handbook will serve as a useful guide to scholars, teachers at all levels, advanced students, and the general reader interested in examining the period in some depth.
The Cold War stayed cold in Europe but it was hot in Asia. Its legacy lives on in the region. In none of the three dominant historiographical paradigms: orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist, does Asia, or the rest of the Third World, figure with much significance. What happens to these narratives if we put them to the test in Asia? This volume argues that attention to what has been conventionally considered the periphery is essential to a full understanding of the global Cold War. Foregrounding Asia necessarily leads to a re-assessment of the dominant narratives. This volume also argues for a shift in focus from diplomacy and high politics alone towards research into the culture of the Cold War era and its public diplomacy. "As a whole, the essays contribute to enriching our understanding of what was really happening in an era that is too often understood in the catch-all framework of the Cold War." - Akira Iriye, "Harvard University"
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