Workers of Their Own Emancipation: Working-class leadership and organisation in the West Riding textile district, 1829-1839

by John Sanders

This book traces the complex pattern of working-class radical endeavour in the West Riding textile district during the years from 1829 to 1839. It focuses in particular on questions of local leadership and organisation and stresses the importance of these elements to early working-class movements. The study assesses the significance of the trade union, popular radical, early co-operative and factory reform agitations of the late 1820s and early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1916158676
• ISBN13: 9781916158672
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Breviary Stuff Publications
• Length: 554 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"