Professor Beesly and The Working-Class Movement

Asa Briggs and John Saville
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Asa Briggs: University of Sussex
John Saville: University of Hull

Chapter 6 in Essays in Labour History, 1960, pp 205-241 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Like many other Victorian rationalists, Edward Spencer Beesly had an evangelical upbringing. He was born in 1831, in Feckenham, Worcestershire. His father was the Rev. James Beesly, a man of devout religious persuasions and severe moral standards.

Keywords: Middle Class; Trade Union; Labour Movement; Liberal Party; General Council (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1960
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15446-3_10

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