The Emergence of European Trade Unionism

by Robert, Jean-Louis; Prost, Antoine; Wrigley, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781840146585
• ISBN10: 1840146583
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-30
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

The Emergence of European Trade Unionism examines the pre-1914 development of trade unions in different European countries, including France, Germany, Britain and The Netherlands. Part one examines trade unionism in the iron, steel and textile industries, as well as the Dockers unions in the ports of London. A variety of locations is considered, large to medium towns, and textile and machine making cities. Part two continues with assessments of major aspects of industrial relations in these countries.Collectively the essays provide a fresh reassessment of Western European trade unionism in the four decades before the First World War. By taking such an overtly comparative position in terms of subject matter, geographical coverage and approach, the book offers intriguing insights and unusual perspectives into the national, international and transnational themes that run through the history of early twentieth century trade unionism.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	vii
Contributors	ix
Introduction	xi
Chris Wrigley
Part One Territories, towns and industries
Trade unionism in the British, German, French and US iron and steel industries, 1850--1910	3	(30)
Thomas Welskopp
Odette Hardy-Hemery
Dockers' unions in the ports of London, Le Havre, Rotterdam and Hamburg, 1850--1914	33	(21)
Eric Nijhof
John Barzman
John Lovell
Trade unionism in textile towns and areas	54	(37)
Jean-Claude Daumas
Remy Cazals
Marlene Ellerkamp
Alan Fowler
Trade unions in medium-sized textile and machine-building cities: Ghent, Bielefeld and Monza, 1890--1914	91	(30)
Karl Ditt
Giuseppe M. Longoni
Peter Scholliers
Large towns: Liverpool, Lyon and Munich	121	(20)
John Belchem
Karl Heinrich Pohl
Vincent Robert
Part Two Customs and representation
May Days	141	(25)
Gita Deneckere
Marie-Louise Goergen
Inge Marssolek
Danielle Tartakowsky
Chris Wrigley
Workers, others and the state: a comparison of the discourse of the French, German and British labour movements at the end of the nineteenth century	166	(18)
Antoine Prost
Manfred Bock
The constraints of the law	184	(20)
Norbert Olszak
Chris Wrigley
Employers and trade unions in the late nineteenth century in Britain, France and Germany	204	(11)
Marie-Genevieve Dezes
Kenneth Lunn
Arthur Mclvor
Klaus Tenfelde
The multiple foundations of trade union organisation in nineteenth-century Germany, France and Britain	215	(18)
Michel Dreyfus
Sandrine Kott
Michel Pigenet
Noel Whiteside
The structure and organisation of British, French and German trade unions before the First World War	233	(18)
Peter Berkowitz
Rebecca Gumbrell
Richard Hyman
Michel Pigenet
Michael Schneider
Index	251