The Emergence of European Trade Unionism (Studies in Labour History (Ashgate

by Jean-Louis Robert (Editor), Chris Wrigley

Contents: Introduction, Jean-Louis Robert; Territories, Towns and Industries: A professional group - the miners, Jo l Michel; Trade unionism in the iron and steel industry of Great Britain, Germany, France and the United States, Thomas Welskopp with the assistance of Odette Hardy; The dockers' trade unions of London, Le Havre, Rotterdam and Hamburg, 1850-1914, Eric Nijhof with the assistance of John Barzman and John Lovell; Trade unionism in textile towns and regions, Jean-Claude Daumas, R my Cazals, Marlene Ellerkamp and Allan Fowler; From the 'tariff' to collective agreement: strikes and workers' trade unions in London, Paris and Hamburg at the end of the 19th century, Friedhelm Boll and St phane Sirot; Workers' trade unions in the medium-sized towns of the textile and machinery industries: Gand, Bielefeld and Monza, 1890-1914, Karl Ditt, Giuseppe M. Longoni and Peter Scholliers; Large towns: Liverpool, Lyon and Munich, John Belchem, Karl H. Pohl and Vincent Robert; Customs and Representation: The first of May, Gita Deneckere, Marie-Louise Goergen, Inge Marssolek, Danielle Tartakowsky and Chris Wrigley; Workers, others and the State: comparison of workers' speech, Antoine Prost and Manfred Bock; The constraints of the law, Norbert Olszak and Chris Wrigley; Employers and trade unionism at the end of the 19th century in Germany, France and Great Britain, Marie-Genevi ve Dez s, Kenneth Lunn, Arthur McIvor and Klaus Tenefelde; The foundations of trade unionism during the 19th century in Germany, France and Great Britain, Michel Dreyfus, Sandrine Kott, Michel Pigenet and No l Whiteside; Stucture and organisation, Peter Berkowitz, Richard Hyman, Michel Pigenet, Michael Schneider andRebecca Gumbrell; Postface, Jacques Delors; Bibiography; Index.

254 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 2004