Dictionary of Labour Biography

Brings together a range of specialist authors to comment upon the most important figures in the Labour movement from a variety of periods and backgrounds Engages with and reinforces recent historiographical developments in the field of labour history Emphasises the ethnic and national diversity of the British labour movement and neglected political traditions

Keith Gildart is Professor of Labour and Social History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has published widely on the British Labour movement. He is the author of North Wales Miners: A Fragile Unity, 1945-1996 (2001). His most recent book is Images of England through Popular Music: Class, Youth, and Rock 'n'roll,1955-76 (2013).
David Howell is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of York, UK. He has written extensively on the Labour Party and the trade union movement. He is the author of MacDonald's Party: Labour Identities and Crisis, 1922-1931 (2002). His most recent book is Mosley and British Politics 1918-32: Oswald's Odyssey (2015).

Acknowledgements.- Notes to Readers.- List of Contributors.- List of Bibliographies and Special Notes.- Biographies.- Consolidated List of Names in Volumes I-XIV.- General Index.