Homage to Tom Maguire *

E. P. Thompson

Chapter 12 in Essays in Labour History, 1960, pp 276-316 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As the writing of labour history becomes more professionalised, so the centre of interest shifts from front-line engagements to the disputes and strategical plans of G.H.Q. In the Colindale Library, the Public Record Office, the national archives of trade unions, the Place or Webb Collections, the techniques proper to a constitutional or economic historian can be employed. The dubious reminiscences of local worthies can be disregarded (unless required for ‘colour’), the regional skirmishes can be dismissed with an irritable footnote, and the historian can get down in earnest to national minute-books, Congress proceedings, intrigues among the leadership, and underhand political agreements.

Keywords: Trade Union; Labour Union; Textile Worker; Labour Party; Liberal Party (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1960
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15446-3_12

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