The History of Trade Unionism

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The History of Trade Unionism (1920)
by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb

Preface and Introduction

I. The origins of trade unionism, 1

II. The Struggle for existence 1799-1825, 64

III. The Revolutionary period 1829-1842, 113

IV. The new spirit and the new model, 1843-1860, 180

V. The junta and their allies, 233

VI. Sectional developments 1863-1885, 299

VII. The old unionism and the new 1875-1890, 358

VIII. The trade union world 1890-1894, 422

IX. Thirty years’ growth 1890-1920, 472

X. The place of trade unionism in the state 1890-1920, 594

XI. Political organisation 1900-1920, 677

Appendices and Index - On the assumed connection between the Trade Union and the Gilds in Dublin - The Rules of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union - Sliding Scales - The Summons to the First Trade Union Congress - Distribution of Trade Unionists in the United Kingdom - The Progress in Members of particular Trade Unions - Publications on Trade Unions and Combinations of Workmen - The Relationship of Trade Unionism to the Government of Industry

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