Labour's Conscience: The Labour Left, 1945-51

by Jonathan Schneer

Tear on lower front cover towards the spine of jacket, with some edge-wear. Hardcover is in good condition, with tight binding. Passages marked with highlighter pen throughout. TH.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1988

About the author

Dr. Jonathan Schneer, who received his BA from McGill University in 1971 and his PhD from Columbia University in 1978, is the modern British historian at Georgia Tech in the School of History, Technology, and Society.

Reviews

[Jimmy Tarlau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating history of the left in the labor party and its opposition to the policies of the Atlee administration in the post world war II period. I have done research on the left in post world war II American labor and the dynamics in England are so different. It is fascinating how difficult it was for the labor left to advocate its policies with the growing antagonisms between the USSR and the western countries. I am interested in what happened to some of the characters later on. One of the players was Harold Wilson who became prime minister in the late 60s.