The Labour Party In Perspective
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: The Left Book Club
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor stains on cover; internally sound.
At a pivotal moment in British political history, Clement Richard Attlee — the man who would later lead the most transformative government Britain had ever seen — presents a rigorous and impassioned defence of democratic socialism in The Labour Party in Perspective. Written in 1937 against a backdrop of global fascism, economic depression, and mounting class tension, this landmark political treatise chronicles the origins, ideology, and ambitions of the Labour Party, arguing with clarity and conviction that socialist principles represent the only viable path toward a just and equitable society. Attlee dissects the failures of capitalism and the inadequacies of liberal reform, presenting a coherent vision of how a Labour government would reshape Britain's institutions from the ground up. Beyond its immediate political context, The Labour Party in Perspective stands as a foundational text of 20th-century British left-wing thought, offering an intimate window into the intellectual framework that would underpin the post-war welfare state and the creation of the National Health Service. Attlee's prose is characteristically unshowy — precise, measured, and deeply principled — reflecting the quiet conviction of a leader who trusted argument over rhetoric. First distributed as a Left Book Club Edition and marked Not for Sale to the Public, this volume carries the additional historical weight of a grassroots publishing movement dedicated to educating working people about socialist ideas. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of modern British politics, this book remains as urgent and revelatory as the day it was written.
Author: C. R. Attlee
Format: Paperback
Published: 1937, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: The Left Book Club
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor stains on cover; internally sound.
At a pivotal moment in British political history, Clement Richard Attlee — the man who would later lead the most transformative government Britain had ever seen — presents a rigorous and impassioned defence of democratic socialism in The Labour Party in Perspective. Written in 1937 against a backdrop of global fascism, economic depression, and mounting class tension, this landmark political treatise chronicles the origins, ideology, and ambitions of the Labour Party, arguing with clarity and conviction that socialist principles represent the only viable path toward a just and equitable society. Attlee dissects the failures of capitalism and the inadequacies of liberal reform, presenting a coherent vision of how a Labour government would reshape Britain's institutions from the ground up. Beyond its immediate political context, The Labour Party in Perspective stands as a foundational text of 20th-century British left-wing thought, offering an intimate window into the intellectual framework that would underpin the post-war welfare state and the creation of the National Health Service. Attlee's prose is characteristically unshowy — precise, measured, and deeply principled — reflecting the quiet conviction of a leader who trusted argument over rhetoric. First distributed as a Left Book Club Edition and marked Not for Sale to the Public, this volume carries the additional historical weight of a grassroots publishing movement dedicated to educating working people about socialist ideas. For anyone seeking to understand the roots of modern British politics, this book remains as urgent and revelatory as the day it was written.