Beatrice Webb / by Margaret Cole.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, England : Longmans, Green and Company, 1946Description: 197 pages : black and white photographs ; 22 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • HX 246 .W37 C6 1946
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Contents:
I. The background -- II. Childhood and youth -- III. Apprenticeship -- IV. Co-operation and socialism -- V. Sidney -- VI. The partnership begins -- VII. Trade unionism -- VIII. Education, politics, local government -- IX. Poor law i: the royal commission -- X. Poor law ii: the campaign -- XI. Fabianism and conflict -- XII. War -- XIII. Rise of the labor party -- XIV. Labor opposition and labor government -- XV. Soviet communism -- XVI. Last years.
Summary: "This book is a biography of the life and achievements of Beatrice Webb, an English woman who was heavily involved in the socialist movement during the late 19th century. She and her husband, Sidney Webb, founded the Fabian Society, introduced Trade Unionism, Co-operation, and Socialism to social students, and founded the London School of Economics. It includes both Webb's public and private life." -- From Google Books.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks The Karl H. Niebyl Collection HX 246 .W37 C6 1946 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21070008

This text includes eight black and white photographs depicting Beatrice Webb at different point throughout her life.

Includes index.

I. The background -- II. Childhood and youth -- III. Apprenticeship -- IV. Co-operation and socialism -- V. Sidney -- VI. The partnership begins -- VII. Trade unionism -- VIII. Education, politics, local government -- IX. Poor law i: the royal commission -- X. Poor law ii: the campaign -- XI. Fabianism and conflict -- XII. War -- XIII. Rise of the labor party -- XIV. Labor opposition and labor government -- XV. Soviet communism -- XVI. Last years.

"This book is a biography of the life and achievements of Beatrice Webb, an English woman who was heavily involved in the socialist movement during the late 19th century. She and her husband, Sidney Webb, founded the Fabian Society, introduced Trade Unionism, Co-operation, and Socialism to social students, and founded the London School of Economics. It includes both Webb's public and private life." -- From Google Books.

From the library of Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

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