A Labour History of Ireland, 1824-1960

A Labour History of Ireland, 1824-1960

This pioneering overview of Irish labour history serves both as an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. Its basic concern is to outline the course of labour history, to illustrate the different phases of its chronology and to determine the forces behind its development. It also investigates some of the most persistent questions surrounding the history of labour in Ireland. Why was labour marginalized in disaffected nineteenth century Ireland? Why did nationalism present such a problem in the twentieth century? Why does Ireland have a strong trade union movement and a stunted political left? How have unions survived the divisions in Northern Ireland? The book also looks in detail at specific issues. Among these are the change in emphasis from craft unions to general unions in the early y twentieth century; the development of trade union legislation; the relationship between trade unionism and nationalism; and the reasons for the spilt in the trade union movement in 1945.

Emmet O’ Connor 

Gill and Macmillan

1992

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1824-1960

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