Liberal reform and industrial relations : J.H. Whitley (1866-1935), Halifax radical and speaker of the House of Commons
2017
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Total copies: 4
J.H. Whitley came from an established business family in Halifax, where he engaged in youth work and municipal politics before becoming MP for Halifax from 1900 to 1928. He was a Liberal Radical who worked with Labour, gave his name to the industrial councils of the First World War, was Speaker of the House of Commons, presiding over the debates at the time of the General Strike of 1926. In 1929-31 he toured India as chairman of the Royal Commission on Indian Labour and was chairman of the BBC between 1930 and 1935. He was thus an important political figure who was active at the rise of Labour and the decline of Liberalism, involved in the Liberal reforms of the Edwardian age, and deeply concerned about industrial relations in early 20th century Britain and beyond. This volume brings together leading academics and provides new information and analysis on the life, work and times of J.H. Whitley.
Main title:
Liberal reform and industrial relations : J.H. Whitley (1866-1935), Halifax radical and speaker of the House of Commons / edited by John Hargreaves, Keith Laybourn, Richard Toye.
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2017.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.
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ISBN:
9781138293984 (hbk)1138293989 (hbk)9781351866125 (ePub ebook)9781351866132 (PDF ebook)9781351866118 (Mobipocket ebook)9781315231792 (ebook)
Dewey class:
941.081
LC class:
DA565
Language:
English
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BRN:
316551