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First published in 1937, What is Ahead of Us? is a collection of essays, which were originally presented as lectures before the Fabian Society. Conceived in an era of growing fascism and economic despair, the essays urge the reader to imagine more equitable alternatives to capitalism. The authors offer socialism as a solution but what is more interesting is their criticism of capitalism and the connections they draw between capitalism and fascism using examples from the West. This book will be of interest to students of history, economics and political science.

First published in 1956, The Post-War Condition of Britain measures the extent of changes in Britain since the thirties. It contains more than two hundred tables on such matters as the national income, employment, production and productivity, investment and consumption; health, education, housing, and the insurance, assistance and similar services; on Trade Unions and industrial relations; class structure, political attitudes and party organizations; and the problems of local government and town and country planning. It is simply written, demanding from the reader the minimum of technical knowledge of economics or other specialized studies, and it should serve as an invaluable reference book for all who need exact information.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Frontispiece -- CONTENTS -- LABOUR AND POLITICS 1832-1914 -- CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER II THE BEGINNINGS -- CHAPTER III THE SECOND REFORM MOVEMENT -- CHAPTER IV LABOUR REPRESENTATION-THE FIRST EFFORT -- CHAPTER V THE FIRST WORKMEN M.P.s -- CHAPTER VI DECLINE AND FALL -- CHAPTER VII THE NEW RADICALISM AND THE RISE OF SOCIALISM -- CHAPTER VIII THE TRADE UNIONS AND POLITICS -- CHAPTER IX THE NEW UTILITARIANS -- CHAPTER Χ THE TRADE UNION AWAKENING -- CHAPTER XI THE INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY -- CHAPTER XII SOCIALISM AND THE TRADE UNIONS -- CHAPTER XIII THE LABOUR REPRESENTATION COMMITTEE -- CHAPTER XIV THE COMING OF THE LABOUR PARTY -- CHAPTER XV VICTORY-THE CHALLENGE RENEWED -- CHAPTER XVI LABOUR AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS -- CHAPTER XVII THE LABOUR UNREST -- CHAPTER XVIII THE LABOUR PARTY MACHINE -- CHAPTER XIX EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX I RADICAL AND LABOUR REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT FROM 1800 TO 1914 -- APPENDIX II LABOUR PARTY STATISTICS LABOUR REPRESENTATION BY REGIONS, 1900-18 -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PERSONS* -- GENERAL INDEX

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I THE LABOUR PARTY IN 1914 -- (a) Introductory -- (b) Organisation -- CHAPTER II LABOUR IN WAR-TIME -- (a) The First Phase -- (b) The Second Phase -- (c) The New Labour Party of 1918 -- CHAPTER III POST-WAR -- (a) The General Election of 1918 -- (b) The Transition to Peace -- (c) Direct Action -- (d) Black Friday and After -- CHAPTER IVFROM SLUMP T O OFFICE -- (a) Years of Depression -- (b) The General Election of 1922 -- (c) The Battle of the Internationals -- (d) The Development of the Labour Party up to 1923 -- (e) The General Election of 1923 -- CHAPTER V THE FIRST LABOUR GOVERNMENT AND THE "RED LETTER" ELECTION -- (a) The First Labour Government -- (b) The General Election of 1924 -- CHAPTER VI THE GENERAL STRIKE AND AFTER -- (a) Reactions to Electoral Defeat -- (b) The General Strike of 1926 -- (c) The Trade Unions Act of 1927 -- (d) A Move to the Right-"Labour and the Nation -- (e) The General Election of 1929 -- CHAPTER VII THE SECOND LABOUR GOVERNMENT AND THE CRISIS OF 1931 -- (a) The Second Labour Government -- (b) The Crisis of 1931 -- (c) The General Election of 1931 -- CHAPTER VIII AFTER THE DELUGE -- (a) Exit the I.L.P. -- (b) In Face of Nazism -- (c) "For Socialism and Peace -- (d) Death of Arthur Henderson-The Sanctions Issue -- (e) The General Election of 1935 -- CHAPTER IX YEARS OF AGGRESSION -- (a) Labour's Foreign Policy, 1935-8 -- (b) Labour Party Organisation, 1935-6 - Labour's Immediate Programme -- (c) Unity and the Popular Front-After Munich -- CHAPTER Χ LABOUR IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR -- (a) The First Phase-to May, 1940 -- (b) Labour in the Churchill Coalition -- (c) Party Affairs during the Electoral Truce -- (d) Facing the Future -- (e) The General Election of 1945

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- INTRODUCTION TO THIRD EDITION -- PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER I ROBERT OWEN AND HIS TIMES -- CHAPTER II THE CHILD -- CHAPTER III THE SHOP-BOY -- CHAPTER IV A ROMANCE OF BUSINESS -- CHAPTER V MANCHESTER-MARRIAGE -- CHAPTER VI NEW LANARK, 1800-1813 -- CHAPTER VII LIFE A T BRAXFIELD -- CHAPTER VIII IDEAS ON EDUCATION -- CHAPTER IX THE FIRST FACTORY ACT -- CHAPTER X "MR. OWEN'S PLAN" -- CHAPTER XI THE DAYS OF PETERLOO -- CHAPTER XII LATER YEARS AT NEW LANARK -- CHAPTER XIII THE BEGINNINGS OF OWENISM -- CHAPTER XIV NEW HARMONY -- CHAPTER XV THE LABOUR EXCHANGE AND THE BUILDERS' GUILD -- CHAPTER XVI THE " TRADES UNION" -- CHAPTER XVII OLD AGE -- CHAPTER XVIII CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A THE BUILDERS' GUILD, 1833 -- APPENDIX B FIRST DRAFT PLAN OF THE GRAND NATIONAL CONSOLIDATED TRADES UNION -- APPENDIX C RULES OF THE CONSOLIDATED UNION -- APPENDIX D NATIONAL COMMUNITY FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 1837 -- APPENDIX E PRINCIPAL WRITINGS OF ROBERT OWEN -- APPENDIX F BOOKS USEFUL FOR THE STUDY OFOWEN AND OWENISM -- INDEX

First published in 1971. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter 1 The Problem Stated -- chapter 2 THE STEEL INDUSTRY ANALYSED -- chapter 3 THE FEDERATION'S PLAN EXAMINED -- chapter 4 WHY NATIONALISATION? -- chapter 5 THE METHOD AND THE PROBLEMS -- chapter 6 THE CASE CONCLUDED -- chapter BRITISH LABOUR MOVEMENT -- chapter WEAKNESS THROUGH STRENGTH -- part THE FABIAN SOCIETY -- chapter CONTENTS -- chapter 1 Fabian Functions -- chapter 2 Who The Fabians Are -- chapter 3 What The Fabians Are Doing -- chapter Fabianism And Politics -- chapter 5 Fabian History And Fabian Future -- chapter Is This Socialism? -- part WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE TRADE UNIONS? -- chapter What is Wrong with the Trade Unions? -- chapter 2 What is Right with the Trade Unions -- chapter 3 Apathy and Centralisation -- chapter 4 The Fear of Communism -- chapter 5 Trade Union Structure -- chapter 6 Trade Unionists In Politics -- chapter 7 The Question Of Workers' Control -- chapter 8 A Summing Up.

This book represents an important stage in the development of an Indigenous theory. The argument is presented with the special qualities of cogency and perception which have given the author a lasting influence within the labour movement.

Guild Socialism Restated is G D H Cole's fullest and most systematic account of his vision of industrial and political reorganization. The introductory chapters of the volume develop the theme of democratic citizenship in relation to industrial society. The central chapters of the book develop a view of socialist organization in which citizenship is a vital ingredient in every arena - from that of the workplace to national policymaking.