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North West Labour History Journal: Reviews listed by issue

Issue Author and title Reviewer
2 E.L. Taplin, Liverpool Dockers and Seamen, 1870-1890 Edmund And Ruth Frow
4 Alan Fowler, A Short History of the Lancashire Packing Case Makers John Smethurst
4 E & R Frow, To Make that Future Now! Neville Kirk
6 Ruth and Edmond Frow, The Communist Party in Manchester, 1920-1926 John Smethurst
6 Jill Liddington and Jill Norris, One Hand Tied Behind Us - The Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement Edmund And Ruth Frow
9 Benny Rothman, The 1932 Kinder Trespass Edmund And Ruth Frow
9 H.I.Dutton and J.E. King, Ten Per Cent and No Surrender: The Preston Strike, 1853-1854 Edmund And Ruth Frow
9 P.J. Waller, Democracy and Sectarianism. A Political and Social History of Liverpool, 1868-1939 Eric Taplin
9 Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians:: a Directory of Records in Greater Manchester and Surrounds Edmund And Ruth Frow
9 Trade Union Records of Greater Manchester: a Guide to their location Edmund And Ruth Frow
9 Harry Schmidtgall, Frederick Engels' Manchester Edmund And Ruth Frow
10 Jill Liddington, The Life and Times of a Respectable Rebel: Selina Cooper, 1864-1946 Edmund And Ruth Frow
11 Allen Clarke, The Effects of the Factory System Edmund And Ruth Frow
11 Bill Ebum. Be my Guest Rick Gwilt
11 Linda Mackenney (Ed.), Times of Strife. Joe Corrie: Plays, Poems and Theatre Writings Edmund And Ruth Frow
11 Kenneth Wood, The Coal Pits of Chowbent Paul Salveson
11 Max Beer, A History of British Socialism Rick Gwilt
11 J.Banx (Ed.), Deep Digs. Cartoons of the Miner's Strike Paul Salveson
11 Angela John, Coalmining Women Zoe Munby
11 Teddy Ashton's Lancashire Scrapbook: Selections from Allen Clarke Denis Pye
11 Brian Morgan, The Permanent Struggle: A History of Trade Unions and Politics Paul Salveson
11 H.Gustav Klaus, The Literature of Labour - 200 Years of Working Class Writings Andy Croft
12 Eric Taplin, The Dockers' Union. A Study of the National Union of Dock Labourers, 1889-1922 Mike Allen
12 Silk Town: Industry and Culture in Macclesfield 1750-1835 Edmund And Ruth Frow
13 H. Gustav Klaus (Ed.), The Rise of Socialist Fiction 1880-1914 Jill Lewis (with Nader Fekri)
13 H.Gustav Klaus (Ed.), The Rise of Socialist Fiction, 1880-1914 Nader Fekri (with Jill Lewis)
14 Record review of 'Silvertown', by The Men They Couldn't Hang Michael Herbert
14 Bernard Dix and Stephen Williams, Serving the Public, Building the Union. The History of the National Union of Public Employees. Vol.1, The Forerunners, 1889-1928 John Smethurst
14 Shirley Baker, Street Photographs, Manchester and Salford Michael Herbert
14 Christine Collette, For Labour and for Women: the Women's Labour League, 1906-1918 Michael Herbert
14 Margaret Mulvihill, Charlotte Despard Bernadette Hyland
14 Mrs Broom's Suffragette Photographs Michael Herbert
14 Roy Whitfield, Engels in Manchester: the search for a shadow John Smethurst
14 Edmund And Ruth Frow, The Politics of Hope: the Origins of Socialism in Britain, 1880-1914 Michael Herbert
14 H.H.Champion, The Great Dock Strike Michael Herbert
15 Stephen Kelly, Idle Hands, Clenched Fists Carol Mayo
15 Linda Mahood, The Magdalenes: Prostitution in the Nineteenth Century Helen Strangret
15 Janet Todd (Ed.), A Wollstonecraft Anthology Edmund And Ruth Frow
15 Pat Ayers, The Liverpool Docklands: Life and Work in Athol Street Carol Mayo
15 Margaret Ward, 'Maud Gonne' Bernadette Hyland
15 Elizabeth Bradburn, Margaret McMillan, Portrait of a Pioneer Edmund And Ruth Frow
15 Carolyn Steedman, Childhood, Culture and Class in Britain: Margaret McMillan, 1860-1931 Edmund And Ruth Frow
15 Stan Newens, Working together: A Short History of the London Co-op Society Political Committee John Smethurst
15 Ruth and Edmund Frow (Eds.), Political Women 1800-1850 Bernadette Hyland
16 Derek Whale, Bygone Merseyside Carol Mayo
16 Frank Neal, Sectarian Violence, the Liverpool Experience: an Aspect of Anglo-Irish History Michael O'Riabhaigh
16 Pat Hudson and W.R. Lee (Eds.), Women's Work and the Family Economy in Historical Perspective Sabine Mosner
16 Raymond Challinor, A Radical Lawyer in Victorian England: W.P. Roberts and the Struggle for Workers' Rights Michael Herbert
16 Brian Simon (Ed.), The Search for Enlightenment Steve Randall
16 Mike Squires, Saklatvala - a Political Biography Steve Randall
16 Richard Kearney (Ed.), Migrations: the Irish at Home and Abroad Linda Sever
16 John Callaghan, Socialism in Britain since 1884 Gary Durkin
16 Gary Cross (Ed.), Worktowners at Blackpool: Mass Observation and Popular Leisure in the 1930s Michael Herbert
16 Anne Smith, Women Remember: an Oral History Karen Hunt
16 Sybil Oldfield, Women Against the Iron Fist: Alternatives to Militarism 1900-1989 Karen Hunt
16 Sheila Rowbotham, The Past is Before Us; Angela Neustatter, Hyenas in Petticoats; Michelene Wandor, Once a Feminist; Sara Maitland (Ed.), Very Heaven; Joan Scanlon (Ed.), Surviving the Blues; Bernadette Hyland
16 Lyn Martin, Popular Leisure in the Lake Counties Nick Mansfield
16 Dorothy Thompson, Queen Victoria: Gender and Power Edmund And Ruth Frow
16 Tony Benn, Against the Tide: Diaries 1973-76 Len Butler
16 William St.Clair, The Godwins and the Shelleys: the Biography of a Family Edmund And Ruth Frow
16 Eva Figes, Sex and Subterfuge: Women Writers to 1850 Harriet Grimshaw
17 Alan McKinlay and R.J. Morris, The ILP on Clydeside 1893-1932: From Foundation to Disintegration Christine Collette
17 Irene Birch, My Kirkby Childhood Derek Foy
17 Noel Whiteside, Bad Times: Unemployment in British Social and Political History Michael Towers
17 Jonathan Schneer, Caroline Benn
17 John Harding, For the Good of the Game: The Official History of the Professional Footballers' Association Gary Durkin
17 Tony Benn, Conflicts of Interest: Diaries 1977-80 Len Butler
17 Jack Simmons, The Victorian Railway Michael Herbert
17 Colin Chambers, The Story of Unity Theatre Eileen Murphy
17 Jules Townsend, J.A. Hobson Christine Collette
17 Eric Hopkins, The Rise and Decline of the English Working Class 1918-1990 John J. O'Dowd
17 Elizabeth Spellman, Inessential Women: Problems of exclusion in Feminist Thought Christine Collette
17 Austen Morgan, Labour and Partition the Belfast Working Class 1905-23 Paul Dixon
17 Kathleen Jones, The Making of Social Policy in Britain 1830-1990 John J. O'Dowd
17 Ben Bousquet and Colin Douglas, West Indian Women at War Su Andi
17 Brian Maidment. The Poorhouse Fugitives: Self-taught Poets and Poetry in Victorian Britain Rick Gwilt
17 R.S.Fitton, The Arkwrights, Spinners of Fortune Alan Fowler
17 Ruth Brandon, The New Women and the Old Men: Love., Sex and the Woman Question H.G. Wells, The Passionate Friends Norman and Jeanne Mackenzie. The Life of H.G.Wells: the Time Traveller Christine Collette
17 Geoff Nicholson, Big Noises - Rock Guitar in the 1990s Michael Herbert
17 Joseph White, Tom Mann Paul Cosgrove
17 Michael Rosen and David Widgery, The Chatto Book of Dissent Michael Herbert
18 Steven Fielding, Irish Catholics in England, 1880-1939 Frank Boyce
18 Roger Hutchinson, Roger Hutchinson High Sixties: the Summers of Riot and Love Dave Harker
18 G.Wrigley and J.Shepherd (Eds.), On the Move: Essays in Labour and Transport History Presented to Philip Bagwell Chris Jones
18 John Griffiths, The Third Man. The life and times of William Murdoch 1754-1839. The Inventor Of Gas Lighting Terry Wyke
18 Ben Pimlott, Harold Wilson Caroline Benn
18 Donna Landry, the Muse of Resistance: Labouring-class Women's Poetry in Britain, 1739-1796 Jo Stanley
18 Barbara Gaine, Victorian Feminists Karen Hunt
18 James Vernon, Politics and the People: A Study in English Political Culture. c.1815-1867 Dave Harker
19 Pamela M. Graves, Labour Women: Women in British Working Class Politics, 1918-1939 Christine Collette
19 John Taylor, Severely Dealt With: Growing up in Belfast and Glasgow David Martin
19 Sheila Stowell, A Stage of their own. Feminist Playwrights of the Suffrage Era Marij Van Helmond
19 Harry Wooding, Liverpool's Working Horses Derek Foy
20 Jim Ainsworth, Accrington 1926: a Comprehensive History of the General Strike as it affected Accrington and District Chris Goode
20 Eric Taplin, Near to Revolution - the Liverpool General Transport Strike of 1911 Alan Fowler
20 Paddy Devlin, Straight Left: an Autobiography Terry Gradden, Trade Unionism, Socialism and Partition Paul Dixon
20 Marika Sherwood, Pastor Daniels Ekarte and the African Churches Mission: Liverpool 1931-1964 Mark Christian
20 Ross McKibbon, The Ideologies of Class: Social Relations in Britain 1880-1950 Eddie Little
20 David Cotterill (Ed.), The Serge - Trotsky Papers. Correspondence and Other Writings between Victor Serge and Leon Trotsky Dave Harker
20 Jose Harris, Private Lives, Public Spirit: a Social History of Britain 1870-1914 Evelyn O'Connor
20 Liverpool Black History Resource Group and Race Equality Management Team, Slavery: an Introduction to the African Holocaust S. Nepaulsingh
20 Liverpool Women at War: an Anthology of Personal Memories Derek Foy
20 Bill Hunter, They Knew Why They Fought. Unofficial Struggles and Leadership on the Docks, 1945-1989 Eric Taplin
21 Stephen Brooke, Reform and Reconstruction: Britain after the War, 1945-51 Rex Pope
21 Patrick Joyce, Democratic Subjects: the Self and the Social in Nineteenth Century England Janet Toole
21 Denis Pye, Fellowship is Life. The National Clarion Cycling Club 1895-1995' Chris Goode
21 Christopher Hill, The Experience of Defeat, Milton and some Contemporaries Chris Goode
21 Steven Fielding, Peter Thompson and Nick Tiratsoo, England Arise! The Labour Party and Popular Politics in 1940s Britain Rex Pope
21 Keith Robbins, Nineteenth Century Britain: Integration and Diversity Peter Billington
21 John O'Beirne, A Short History of Ireland Eddie Little
21 Harry Wicks, Keeping My Head: the Memoirs of a British Bolshevik John Manley
21 Harry Ratner, Reluctant Revolutionary: Memoirs of a Trotskyist 1936-1960 John Manley
21 Andrea Murphy, From the Empire to the Rialto: Racism and Reaction in Liverpool, 1918-1948 Mark Christian
21 Brian Pearce and Michael Woodhouse, A History of Communism in Britain John Manley
22 Robert Greacon, The Sash my Father Wore: an autobiography Pat Bowker
22 Kevin Rafter, The Clann: The Story of Clann na Poblachia Eddie Little
22 Tom Woodhouse, Nourishing the Liberty Tree: Liberals and Labour in Leeds, 1880-1914 Dave Russell
22 Jim Phillips, The Great Alliance. Economic Recovery and the Problems of Power 1945- 1951 Eric Taplin
22 Francis Costello (Ed.), Michael Collins: In his Own Words Eddie Little
22 Helen Litton, The Irish Civil War: An Illustrated History Eddie Little
23 Huw Richards, The Bloody Circus - the Daily Herald and the Left Michael Herbert
23 Peter Collins (Ed.), Nationalism and Unionism: Conflict in Ireland 1885-1921 Janet Toole
23 D.Margolies, Writing the Revolution W.L.Guttsman, Art for the Workers Mike Crowley
23 Pat Mahoney and Christine Zmroczek, Class Matters:'Working Class Women's Perspectives on Social Class' Alana Dave
23 Delia Jarrett-Macauley, The Life of Una Marson, Caroline Benn
23 Review Essay: Liverpool Labour 1900-1939. Review of Sam Davies, Liverpool_ Labour, Social and Political Influences on the Development of the-Labour Party in Liverpool, 1900-1939 Eric Taplin
23 Barbara Harrison, Taylor and Francis, Not only the 'dangerous trades': Women's Work and Health in Britain 1880-1914 Jo Stanley
23 Christine Collette, The International Faith: Labour's Attitude to European Socialism 1918-1939 Michael Herbert
23 Gail J. Newsham, In a League of Their Own: A history of the Dick Kerr Ladies Football Team Muriel Jeffs
23 Margaretta Jolly (Ed.), Dear Laughing Motorbyke: Letters from Women Welders of the Second World War Pat Bowker
23 Jose Harris,' William Beveridge: A Biography Eddie Little
23 Martin Francis, Ideas and Politics under Labour 1945-1951: Building a New Britain Christine Collette
23 Chris Wrigley (Ed.), British Trade Unions, 1945-1995 Eric Taplin
24 Gilbert Levine (Ed.), Patrick Lenihan: From Irish Rebel to Founder of Canadian Public Sector Unionism John Manley
24 David Frank, J. B. McLachan: a biography John Manley
24 Andy Croft (Ed.), A Weapon in the Struggle: The Cultural History of the Communist Party in Britain Jo Stanley
24 Phil Cohen (Ed.), Children of the Revolution: Communist Childhood in Cold War Britain Jo Stanley
24 Alison Macleod, The Death of Uncle Joe Jo Stanley
24 Donald M. McRaild, Culture, Conflict and Migration: The Irish in Victorian Cumbria Eddie Little
24 John Charlton, It Just Went Like Tinder: The Mass Movement and New Unionism in Britain 1889 Bernadette Hyland
24 Alan O'Day, Irish Home Rule 1867-1921 Eddie Little
24 Fintan O'Toole, The Lie of the Land: Irish Identities Andrew Boyd
24 David Roberts (Ed.), Life at Lever: Memories of Making Soaps at Port Sunlight, Derek Foy
24 Neville Kirk, Change, Continuity and Class. Labour in British Society 1850-1920 Eric Taplin
24 Stewart A. Weaver, The Hammonds: A Marriage in History Ruth Frow
24 Kenneth Warren, Steel, Ships and Men: Cammell Laird, 1824-1993 Eric Taplin
25 William Mandel, Saying No To Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker Bernadette Hyland
25 Ruth Frow, Edmund Frow (Eddie), 1906-1997:The Making of an Activist Eric Taplin
25 Sam Davies and Bob Morley, County Borough Elections in England and Wales, 1919-1 938 Rex Pope
25 Eithne MacDermott, Clann na Poblachta Eddie Little
25 Werner Blumenberg, Karl Marx: an illustrated history Eddie Little
25 Dermot Keogh, Jews in Twentieth Century Ireland Bernadette Hyland
25 Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman and John Mcllroy (eds), British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics Andrew Flinn
26 Margaret Beetham and Kay Boardman (Eds.), Victorian Women's Magazines Jo Stanley
26 John Belchem. Merseypride. Essays in Liverpool Exceptionalism Eddie Little
26 Claire Langhamer, Women's leisure in England 1920-1960 Philippa Grand
26 David A Perrin.The Socialist Party of Great Britain: politics, economics & Britain's oldest socialist party. Gidon Cohen
26 Dave Renton, Fascism, anti-fascism & Britain in the 1940s Michael Herbert
26 Bronwen Walter, Outsiders Inside: Whiteness, place and Irish Women. Bernadette Hyland
26 Frank Darcy, Wild Geese and Travelling Scholars Eddie Little
26 Sean McMahon, Wolf Tone Eddie little
26 Sean Mcmahon, Robert Emmet Eddie Little
26 Edward Purdon, The War of Independence Eddie little
26 Steven Fielden (Ed.), The Labour Party.'Socialism' and Society since 1951 Eddie Little
26 Marian Goronwy-Roberts. A Woman of Vision: a Life of Marion Phillips, MP Jo Stanley
26 Kevin Jeffreys (Ed.), Leading Labour: From Keir Hardie to Tony Blair Eddie Little
27 Mick Farren, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette Bob Dickinson
27 Nicholas Mansfield, English Farmworkers and Local Patriotism 1900-1930 Brian Herbert
27 James Eaden and David Renton, The Communist Party of Great Britain since 1920 Michael Herbert
27 Ronit Lentin and Robbie McVeigh, Racism and Anti-Racism in Ireland Bernadette Hyland
27 Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low-wage USA Bernadette Hyland
27 Jim Smyth (ed.), Revolution, Counter Revolution and Union: Ireland in the 1790s Eddie Little
27 John Newsinger (ed.), United Irishmen: The autobiography of James Hope Eddie Little
27 Michael Herbert, The Wearing of the Green: a Political History of the Irish in Manchester Eddie Little
27 Edward Royle, Revolutionary Britannia? Reflections on the Threat of Revolution in Britain 1789-1848 Eddie Little
27 Stephen Woodhams, History in the Making: Raymond Williams, Edward Thompson and Radical Intellectuals 1936-1956 Dave Renton
28 John Saville, Memoirs from the Left Ruth Frow
28 Elzbieta Ettinger, Rosa Luxemburg-A Life Ruth Frow
28 Kevin Jefferys (ed.), Labour Forces from Ernest Bevin to Gordon Brown Brian Herbert
28 Alan Fowler, Lancashire Cotton Operatives and Work, 1900-1950. A Social History of Lancashire Cotton Operatives in the Twentieth Century Michael Herbert
28 John Harris, The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English Rock Michael Herbert
28 Dave Renton, Classical Marxism William Quale
28 C.K.Stead, The Secret History of Modernism Dave Renton
29 John Callaghan, Cold War, Crisis and Conflict: the CPGB 1951-68 Ben Harker
29 Matthew Worley, Class against Class: the Communist Party in Britain between the Wars Ben Harker
29 Spain in my Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (CD) Bernadette Hyland
29 Alan Keegan, Irish Manchester Bernadette Hyland
29 Bill Hunter, Forgotten Hero, the Life and Times of Edward Rushton Francis Kenny
29 Michael Collins, The Likes of Us: A History of the White Working Class Chris Leach
29 Graham Johnson, Social Democratic Politics in Britain 1881-1911 Dave Renton
29 Neville Kirk, Comrades and Cousins: Globalization, workers and labour movements in Britain, the USA and Australia from the 1880s to 1914 Dave Renton
30 Ben Wilson, The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the Fight for the Freedom of the Press Ruth Frow
30 Roger Seifert and Tom Sibley, United they Stood: the Story of the UK Firefighters' Dispute 2002-2004 Ruth Frow
30 Cottontown Blackburn (Website www.cottontown.org) Bob Hayes
30 Dominic Wring, The Politics of Marketing the Labour Party Brian Herbert
30 Matthew Worley, Labour inside the Gate: a History of the British Labour Party between the Wars Brian Herbert
30 Dave Haslam, Not Abba: the real story of the 1970s Michael Herbert
30 Adam Feinstein, Pablo Neruda: a passion for life Bernadette Hyland
30 Terry Paddack, Crossing Runways Art Shostak
31 History alive Tameside No.1 Tameside Local History Forum, 2006 Pat Bowker
31 Helena Wojtczak, Railwaywomen:exploitation, betrayal and triumph in the workplace Pat Bowker
31 Peter Clark (Ed.), The Lefties' Guide to Britain: From the Peasants' Revolt to the Granita Restaurant Bob Hayes
31 Journal of the Oral History Society Bob Hayes
31 John Heap, My First Job, Irlam Bob Hayes
31 Dianne Hayter, Fightback Brian Herbert
31 Dave Renton, When we touched the sky: the Anti-Nazi League 1977-1981 Ken Leech
31 Arthur Marsh and John Smethurst (Eds), Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Vol.5 Eddie Little
31 Donal Nevin, James Connolly: a full life Eddie Little
31 Peter Hart, 'Mick': the real Michael Collins Eddie Little
31 Film review: The wind that shakes the barley, released 2006 Mary Nelis
32 Maurice Manning, The Blueshirts Bob Hayes
32 Vanessa Toulmin, Electric Edwardians: the story of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection Bob Hayes
32 Nazrul Hoque, Zameer Malik, Falguni Patel and Sameena Zaheer, How to stay: memories of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistan people who have come to live in Tameside. Bob Hayes
32 Kenneth O.Morgan, Michael Foot: a life Brian Herbert
32 John Shepherd and Keith Laybourn, Britain's first Labour government Brian Herbert
32 T.Ryle Dwyer, The Squad and the intelligence operations of Michael Collins Eddie Little
32 Michael T. Foy, Michael Collins's intelligence war: the struggle between the British and the IRA 1919-1921. Eddie Little
33 Stephen Duncombe, Dream: reimagining politics in an age of fantasy Alison Cavanagh
33 Lewis H.Mates, The Spanish Civil War and the British Left. Political activism and the popular front Ben Harker
33 Neville Kirk, Custom and Conflict in 'the land of the Gael': Ballachullish, 1900-1910 Susan Oliver
33 Ruth Livesey, Socialism, sex and the culture of aestheticism in BritaIn 1880-1914 Sheila Rowbothom
33 Robert G.Hall, Voices of the people: Democracy and Chartist political identity, 1830-1870 Bob Hayes
33 John B. Smethurst, The demise of several centuries of basket making in the lower Irwell valley Eddie Little
34 Charles Callan, Painters in Union: The Irish National Painters and Decorators Trade Union and its Forerunners John B. Smethurst
34 Quiffs, Riffs and Tiffs: The Story of Popular Music in Salford from 1950 to today.(Exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery) Cathy Otten
34 Christopher Ehland, Thinking Northern: Textures of Identity in the North of England C.P.Lee
34 Michael Robertson, Worshipping Walt: The Whitman Disciples Sheila Rowbotham
34 Paul A. Pickering, Feargus O'Connor: A Political Life Eddie Little
34 Paul Long, Only in the Common People: The Aesthetics of Class in Post-War Britain Matthew Gaughan
34 Mark E. Smith with Austin Collings, Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E.Smith Paul Long
34 Barry Kennerk, The Railway House: Tales from an Irish Fireside Bob Hayes
34 Ralph Darlington, Syndicalism and the Transition to Communism: An International Comparative Analysis Geoff Brown
34 Rachel Gee, Sharron Power, Dick Richardson, Fresh Hope Fresh Air: Starting a New Life in Hattersley Pat Bowker
34 Sheila Rowbotham, Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love Howard Booth
34 Francis Devine, Fintan Lane, Niamh Puirseil (Eds), Essays in Irish Labour History: A Festchrift for Elizabeth and John W. Boyle John B. Smethurst