In Our Time: Socialism and the rise of Labor, 1885 -1905

In Our Time: Socialism and the rise of Labor, 1885 -1905
ISBN-10
174269666X
ISBN-13
9781742696669
Series
In Our Time
Category
History
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
1985-01-01
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Author
Verity Burgmann

Description

For many Australian working men and women in the closing days of the nineteenth century, SOCIALISM IN OUR TIME was no mere slogan. The deepening economic depression cut living standards, increased class conflict and tested the newborn trade unions to breaking point. In this climate, the message of socialist agitators made sense of the experience of the most vulnerable: capitalism was doomed, socialism was not only inevitable, it was imminent. This is the story of a crucial time in the political history of Australia, told from the perspective of the agitators and their followers. By uncovering, state by state, the hitherto ignored faith and work of the 'tribunes of the people' and the organisations created by their working-class supporters, In Our Time challenges the accepted versions of the social and political ferment which gave rise to the labour movement and its parliamentary expression, the Labor parties.

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