Labour Forces From Ernie Bevin to Gordon Brown

by Jefferys, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9781860647437
• ISBN10: 186064743X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-23
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Labour Forces presents a collection of lively and accessible biographies of the leading figures in the history of the Labour Party since the Second World War. The biographers assess the personalities and political careers of key figures who reached the senior ranks in Labour politics but never became party leader. There are studies of charismatic left-wingers such as Nye Bevan and Tony Benn, great pillars of the movement like Ernie Bevin, senior and highly successful ministers like Denis Healey and Roy Jenkins, and many others.

Author Biography

Kevin Jefferys is Lecturer in History at the University of Plymouth.

Table of Contents

Introduction--Kevin Jefferys

Part I: The Attlee Years

Ernest Bevin--Robert Pearce

Herbert Morrison--Greg Rosen

Hugh Dalton--Stephen Howe

Stafford Cripps--Keith Robbins

Aneurin Bevan--Kenneth O. Morgan

Part II: The Era of Wilson and Callaghan

Roy Jenkins--David Lipsey

Tony Crosland--Raymond Plant

Denis Healey--Edward Pearce

George Brown--Kevin Jefferys

Barbara Castle--Tim Bale

Part III Decline and Renewal Since 1979

Tony Benn--Eric Shaw

Roy Hattersley--Lewis Baston