1894-1944 (v. 1) - Rilegato

Fishman, Nina

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1907103058 ISBN 13: 9781907103056

Casa editrice: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

Arthur Horner (1894-1968) was a miners' leader from the 1926 general strike to his retirement as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1959. During his life he played a crucial role in the fight for a national mineworkers union, and in the development of the National Coal Board; he was a champion of the Republicans in Spain; he was imprisoned several times for his views; and, he was in constant demand as a speaker. But it was his warmth, good humour and enthusiasm which made 'little Arthur', as he was affectionately known by his union colleagues, really memorable. Coming from a working-class family, and being forced by poverty to leave school at the age of eleven, Horner devoted his life to the struggle for socialism. He was a committed communist, but was also able to exercise effective leadership in a major trade union committed to social democratic principles, playing a key role in the social democratic settlement after the second world war. This biography documents admirably the major contribution Horner made to trade unionism, and to the creation of a social democratic commonwealth in postwar Britain.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1907103058
• ISBN 13: 9781907103056
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 608