... of Crichton’s career and demonstrates how the intertwined influences of contemporary politics and patriarchy shaped the forces and themes in her fiction. It suggests that the influence of Crichton’s father, Thomas Sinclair (Junior), as well as the increasingly masculine face of Ulster unionism are inextricable...

...This essay focuses upon British trade unionism and examines the different interpretation of the formation and emergence of trade unions. George Howell, in his various writings, argued that trade unions had their origin on Anglo-Saxon rights and in the emergence of the medieval guilds...

...By the beginning of the twentieth century, a significant percentage of Irish workers in Britain articulated their proletarian solidarities by joining the trade union movement and, notwithstanding their abiding attachment to the Irish nationalist cause, increasingly they looked to the nascent Labour...

... Gerry Downing Street Declaration 1993 Foot Michael Irish News Livingstone Ken Morrison Danny Provisional Sinn Féin Marshal Jim New Labour General Municipal and Boilermakers union GMB McGivern Andy Miliband Ed Monteith Ben Trade unionism Sectarianism Ideology Labour historiography Labour...

... criminality Falls West Belfast McGurk’s Bar bombing of anti Irish Civil Rights Movement ‘Hugh’ UVF PUP Donegall Pass Union Flag Barth Fredrik identity Larne nationalism Sinn Féin Somme Battle of Progressive Unionist Party Cruthin the Historical Enquiries Team Genesis Unionism Tartan Gangs...

... home rule crisis of 1886, 1893 and 1912-14 to reveal the nature and significance of this auxiliary work. Resistance to home rule brought Unionist and Conservative co-operation to new heights but this became increasingly strained as Ulster unionism entered a new militaristic and independent phase in its...

... Smith Iain United Kingdom Independence Party UKIP Widdecombe Ann Blair Tony environmental issues Brown Gordon Alibhai Brown Yasmin Dodd Philip globalisation education healthcare and the NHS trade unions Portillo Michael Ulster Unionist Party UUP Wellings Ben Redwood John National identity...

...This chapter outlines the history of musicians’ representative organisations before the formation of the Amalgamated Musicians’ Union in 1893. It traces developments from the fourteenth century to the late nineteenth, examining the various fraternities, brotherhood guilds and societies which were...

... women Young Ireland Nation Ireland revolutions cultural nationalism nationalism unionism Fenians 1848 is frequently referred to as ‘the year of revolutions’ or, less prosaically, the ‘springtime of the peoples’. Yet, despite the widespread challenge to the status quo throughout Europe...

... and played a significant role in the debate on the future direction of Northern nationalism but failed to make a noteworthy impact on Unionism. Nevertheless, Tuairim served a valuable purpose in contributing towards a more complete understanding of the divisions on the island; the ideas put forward...

...Unionism remained deeply divided over issues of social service expenditure and the adoption of welfare legislation emanating from Westminster. It recognised the danger of the labour interests harboured by a significant portion of working-class Protestants and set about meeting these by establishing...

... historian Caroline Queen racism Chartism Doherty John London Working Men’s Association O’Brien Bronterre O’Connell Daniel O’Connor Arthur MP O’Connor Fergus Davitt Michael Scotty Betty London immigration emigration racism United Irishmen Trade unionism Owen, Robert Chartism Chartists...

...The introduction charts the divergent aspirations of Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century and details the emergence of the partition settlement as a resolution to their differences. It discusses the broadly accommodating and moderate position...

.... It examines the structural difficulties of unionising clothing workshops and restaurant workers, and at various attempts to overcome these. The chapter contrasts the Bengali experience with earlier Jewish immigrant trade-unionism, which was seen as important for working-class solidarity and for cutting across...

... Macleod Iain Maudling Reginald Bevan Aneurin Daily Telegraph The Foot Michael Guardian The Hansard Healey Denis Thatcher Margaret Independent Television Campbell John Heath Edward Wilson Harold Churchill Winston European Union Macmillan Harold de Gaulle Charles Economist The Common...

...The theme of Catholic unionism is further investigated in the history of Denis Henry the first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. Eventually elected to parliament in the unionist interest, his political adroitness, and unmistakeable abilities ensured that he reached the top of his profession...

...This chapter examines how, in the early 1900s, Irish journalists organised themselves into an association that examined contentious issues such as salaries, employment conditions, the social status of journalists, the place of women in journalism, and whether trade unionism was appropriate...

... assumptions that have plagued the study of early socialism. In 1833-34, the GNCTU aimed to unite all trades in the country and secure workers’ labour control, from production processes to fair wages and access to equitable markets. Building on growing claims for national union among the British working...

...Bob Crow was not only the most well-known union leader of his generation but also the most militant. This biography examines his leadership of the RMT union, examining and exposing a number of popular myths created about him by political opponents. Using the schema of his personal characteristics...

... of historians, including all the contributors to this volume. In particular, it suggests that his work on industrial relations, trade unionism, and biography has been seminal in shaping current thinking. Chris Wrigley has widened our understanding of how British industrial relations have worked since...