The Emergence of European Trade Unionism

Robert, Jean-Louis

Contents: Introduction, Chris Wrigley. Part 1 Territories, Towns and Industries: Trade unionism in the British, German, French and US iron and steel industries, 1850-1910, Thomas Welsopp in cooperation with Odette Hardy-H ry; Dockers' unions in the ports of London, Le Havre, Rotterdam and Hamburg, 1850-1914, Erik Nijhof in cooperation with John Barzman and John Lovell; Trade unionism in textile towns and areas, Jean-Claude Daumas, R Cazals, Marlene Ellerkamp and Alan Fowler; Trade unions in medium-sized textile and machine building cities: Ghent, Bielefeld and Monza, 1890-1914, Karl Ditt, Giuseppe M. Longoni and Peter Scholliers; Large towns: Liverpool, Lyon and Munich, John Belchem with the assistance of Karl Heinrich Pohl and Vincent Robert. Part 2 Customs and Representation: May Days, Gitta Deneckere, Marie-Louise Goergen, Inge Marssolek, Danielle Tartakowsky and 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 19th century, Antoine Prost and Manfred Bock; The constraints of the law, Norbert Olszak and Chris Wrigley; Employers and trade unions in the late 19th century in Britain, France and Germany, Marie-Genevi Dez Kenneth Lunn, Arthur McIvor and Klaus Tenfelde; The multiple foundations of trade union organisation in 19th century Germany, France and Britain, Michel Dreyfus, Sandrine Kott, Michel Pigenet and Noel Whiteside; The structure and organisation of British, French and German trade unions before the First World War, Peter Berkowitz, Rebecca Gumbrell, Richard Hyman, Michel Pigenet and Michael Schneider. Index.