Knights Across the Atlantic : Intimidation, Coercion, and Communities During the Irish Revolution
- Liverpool Liverpool University Press 20170127
Open Access
Knights Across the Atlantic tells for the first time the full story of the Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland, where they operated between 1883 and the end of the century. British and Irish Knights drew on the resources of their vast Order to establish a chain of branches through England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland that numbered more than 10,000 members at its peak. British and Irish Knights left a profound imprint on subsequent British labour history. They helped inspire the British “New Unionists” of the 1890s and influenced the movement for working-class politics, independent of Liberals and Conservatives alike, that soon led to the British Labour Party. Knights Across the Atlantic provides new insights into relationships between class and gender, and places the Knights of Labor squarely at the heart of British and Irish as well as American history at the end of the nineteenth century.
Creative Commons
English
j.ctt1ps32kg 9781781383537
10.2307/j.ctt1ps32kg doi
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
History Labour Labor Knights of Labor Smethwick Trade union United States Working class