This is a full-length biography of the founder and central figure of the Christian Socialist movement of 1845-54, the fellow worker with F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, Tom Hughes and Daniel and Alexander Macmillan. From a Whig liberal and partly Scottish family who had learnt …
This is a full-length biography of the founder and central figure of the Christian Socialist movement of 1845-54, the fellow worker with F.D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, Tom Hughes and Daniel and Alexander Macmillan. From a Whig liberal and partly Scottish family who had learnt t…
This book studies John Strachey, one of the most important left intellectuals in twentieth century Britain. It provides a detailed exposition of his intellectual evolution set in its historical context, thus highlighting the options, pressures, dilemmas and pitfalls besetting Br…
This lecture revisits nineteenth and twentieth century education policy and politics in the light of the experiences and struggles of educator activist Mary Bridges Adams (1855-1939).
William Morris was an extraordinary figure, so manifold in his ambitions and talents, so outsize in his personality, that no single biographer has yet come to grips with his entire life, works, and character. As a wonderfully talented designer and artistic entrepreneur, Morris c…
William Morris was an extraordinary figure, so manifold in his ambitions and talents, so outsize in his personality, that no single biographer has yet come to grips with his entire life, works, and character. As a wonderfully talented designer and artistic entrepreneur, Morris c…
This autobiography is the last written work of the single most influential socialist revolutionary in post-war Britain. It charts Tony Cliff's extraordinary development from his awakenings in Palestine to a disenchanted Britain in 2000.
This autobiography is the last written work of the single most influential socialist revolutionary in post-war Britain. It charts Tony Cliff's extraordinary development from his awakenings in Palestine to a disenchanted Britain in 2000.
