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Studies in Labour History Ser.: Knights Across the Atlantic : The Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland by Steven Parfitt (2016, Hardcover)

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PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-101781383189

ISBN-139781781383186

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Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameKnights Across the Atlantic : the Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland

Publication Year2016

SubjectLabor & Industrial Relations

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorSteven Parfitt

SeriesStudies in Labour History Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-288253

Reviews"Well-researched and well-argued, the author extends our understanding of the U.S.-based Knights of Labor to an international arena, while all the time offering a judicious, original interpretation of comparative labor and political development." Leon Fink, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago"This is a further offering in Neville Kirk's excellent 'Studies in Labour History' series. In this book comparisons of American and British trade unions are made and the issue of American exceptionalism is addressed in a refreshing and engaging way. [...] In his well-researched book Steven Parfitt has extended our knowledge of the Knights of Labor and given us valuable information about an important transnational development of which very little has been written." Pat Kelly, Scottish Labour History, 'Well-researched and well-argued, the authorextends our understanding of the U.S.-based Knights of Labor to aninternational arena, while all the time offering a judicious, originalinterpretation of comparative labor and political development.', Well-researched and well-argued, the authorextends our understanding of the U.S.-based Knights of Labor to aninternational arena, while all the time offering a judicious, originalinterpretation of comparative labor and political development.' Leon Fink, University of Illinois, "Well-researched and well-argued, the author extends our understanding of the U.S.-based Knights of Labor to an international arena, while all the time offering a judicious, original interpretation of comparative labor and political development." Leon Fink, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago "This is a further offering in Neville Kirk's excellent 'Studies in Labour History' series. In this book comparisons of American and British trade unions are made and the issue of American exceptionalism is addressed in a refreshing and engaging way. [...] In his well-researched book Steven Parfitt has extended our knowledge of the Knights of Labor and given us valuable information about an important transnational development of which very little has been written." Pat Kelly, Scottish Labour History, "Well-researched and well-argued, the author extends our understanding of the U.S.-based Knights of Labor to an international arena, while all the time offering a judicious, original interpretation of comparative labor and political development." --Leon Fink, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago, 'This is a further offering in Neville Kirk's excellent 'Studies in Labour History' series. In this book comparisons of American and British trade unions are made and the issue of American exceptionalism is addressed in a refreshing and engaging way. [...] In his well-researched book Steven Parfitt has extended our knowledge of the Knights of Labor and given us valuable information about an important transnational development of which very little has been written.' Pat Kelly, Scottish Labour History

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number7

Dewey Decimal331.88/330941

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction: The World of the Knights of Labor 1 Origins 2 The Rise of a Transnational Movement 3 Organisation, Culture and Gender 4 The Knights in Industry 5 The Knights and Politics 6 The Knights and the Unions 7 The Fall of a Transnational Movement Conclusion: The Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland Appendix: List of Known Assemblies of the Knights of Labor in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland Bibliography Index

SynopsisKnights Across the Atlantic tells the story of the Knights of Labor, one of the great social movements of American history, in Britain and Ireland., An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national movement of the American working class, began in Philadelphia in 1869. Millions of Americans, white and black, men and women, became Knights between that date and 1917. But the Knights also spread beyond the borders of the United States and even beyond North America. Knights Across the Atlantic tells for the first time the full story of the Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland, where they operated between 1883 and the end of the century. British and Irish Knights drew on the resources of their vast Order to establish a chain of branches through England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland that numbered more than 10,000 members at its peak. They drew on the fraternal ritual, industrial tactics, organisational models, and political concerns of their American Order and interpreted them in British and Irish conditions. They faced many of the same enemies, including hostile employers and rival trade unions. Unlike their American counterparts they organised only a handful of women at most. But British and Irish Knights left a profound imprint on subsequent British labour history. They helped inspire the British "New Unionists" of the 1890s. They influenced the movement for working-class politics, independent of Liberals and Conservatives alike, that soon led to the British Labour Party. Knights Across the Atlantic brings all these themes together. It provides new insights into relationships between class and gender, and places the Knights of Labor squarely at the heart of British and Irish as well as American history at the end of the nineteenth century., The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national movement of the American working class, began in Philadelphia in 1869. Millions of Americans, white and black, men and women, became Knights between that date and 1917. But the Knights also spread beyond the borders of the United States and even beyond North America. Knights Across the Atlantic\ tells for the first time the full story of the Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland, where they operated between 1883 and the end of the century. British and Irish Knights drew on the resources of their vast Order to establish a chain of branches through England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland that numbered more than 10,000 members at its peak. They drew on the fraternal ritual, industrial tactics, organisational models, and political concerns of their American Order and interpreted them in British and Irish conditions. They faced many of the same enemies, including hostile employers and rival trade unions. Unlike their American counterparts they organised only a handful of women at most. But British and Irish Knights left a profound imprint on subsequent British labour history. They helped inspire the British "New Unionists" of the 1890s. They influenced the movement for working-class politics, independent of Liberals and Conservatives alike, that soon led to the British Labour Party. \ Knights Across the Atlantic\ brings all these themes together. It provides new insights into relationships between class and gender, and places the Knights of Labor squarely at the heart of British and Irish as well as American history at the end of the nineteenth century.

LC Classification NumberHD6664