{"product_id":"labour-people","title":"Labour People","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author himself provides the best description. 'In this book I examine about thirty key personalities in the the history of the British Labour movement between 1900 and 1987. I also try to explore what kind of typology of leadership emerges. This is, inevitably, a highly personal selection, in part reflecting my own interests, outlook and background. . . I hope, nevertheless, that the main kinds of Labour leaders, parliamentary politicians, trade unionists, machine apparatchiks, intellectuals, journalists, prophets and others are truly represented. . .'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth O. Morgan succeeds magnificently in his aim whether he is writing about Keir Hardie, The Webbs, Ellen Wilkinson, Herbert Morrison or Denis Healey: these portraits and all the others are illuminated with a sympathetic scholarship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Morgan can bring to the study of the Labour Party a knowledge that is second to none' Ben Pimlott, \u003ci\u003eNew Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It combines surveying the abundant recently published material on twentieth century British labour history with the integrating perspective of a sympathetic and very knowledgeable historian' Brian Harrison, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'matchless authority . . . both attractive and unique' J. M. Winter, \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'These Labour People are full of fascinating contradictions' John Mortimer, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'polished, yet sharp, moving easily through complexities yet often with a provocative comment' David Howell, \u003ci\u003eWelsh History Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240627065176,"sku":"9780571259618","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571259618.jpg?v=1777617026","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/labour-people","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}