UID:
almahu_9949384941802882
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages)
ISBN:
9781315231792
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1315231794
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9781351866132
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1351866133
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9781351866118
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1351866117
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0367348837
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9780367348830
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1351866125
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9781351866125
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in modern British history
Content:
"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 1921-28 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 a vitally 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 twentieth 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, offering a study of his career in British politics and society, focusing particularly on the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first three decades of the twentieth century."--Provided by publisher
Note:
Introduction / John A. Hargreaves, Keith Laybourn and Richard Toye -- J.H. Whitley (1866-1935): a speaker shaped by his Halifax roots / John A. Hargreaves -- Clifton: inspiration and service / C.S. Knighton -- J.H. Whitley: a model for free churchmen / Clyde Binfield -- J.H. Whitley and Halifax politics between 1890 and 1906: the politics of social reform / Keith Laybourn -- Industrial relations and joint industrial councils: the UK and beyond 1916-39 / Greg Patmore -- J.H. Whitley as Speaker of the House of Commons, 1921-28 / Richard Toye -- J.H. Whitley and St Stephen's Hall in the Palace of Westminster / Graham E. Seel -- J.H. Whitley and the Royal Commission on Labour in India 1929-31 / Amerdeep Panesar, Amy Stoddart, James Turner, Paul Ward and Sarah Wells -- J.H. Whitley at the BBC 1930-35 / David Hendy -- 'Equal partners in a great enterprise': experiencing radio in Yorkshire in the time of J.H. Whitley / Christine Verguson -- Self-government: J.H. Whitley's worlds in context / Keith Robbins -- J.H. Whitley's 'first draft of history': a study of the obituaries and personal tributes / John Barrett.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Liberal reform and industrial relations. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018 ISBN 9781138293984
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Biography
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Biographies.
DOI:
10.4324/9781315231792
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315231792
