In Our Time': Socialism and the Rise of Labor, 1885 -1905 - Softcover

Burgmann, Verity

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0868615374 ISBN 13: 9780868615370

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1985

Synopsis

For many Australian working men and women in the closing days of the nineteenth century, SOCIALISM IN OUR TIME was no mere slogan. The deepening economic depression cut living standards, increased class conflict and tested the newborn trade unions to breaking point. In this climate, the message of socialist agitators made sense of the experience of the most vulnerable: capitalism was doomed, socialism was not only inevitable, it was imminent. This is the story of a crucial time in the political history of Australia, told from the perspective of the agitators and their followers. By uncovering, state by state, the hitherto ignored faith and work of the 'tribunes of the people' and the organisations created by their working-class supporters, In Our Time challenges the accepted versions of the social and political ferment which gave rise to the labour movement and its parliamentary expression, the Labor parties.

About this title

About the Author

Verity Burgmann PhD is a research fellow in history at Deakin University and the author of many studies of the Australian labour movement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0868615374
• ISBN 13: 9780868615370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272