Keir Hardie
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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At the dawn of the British labour movement, one man rose from the coal mines of Scotland to the floors of Westminster and changed the course of political history forever. Keir Hardie chronicles the remarkable life of James Keir Hardie — miner, agitator, and founding father of the Labour Party — tracing his journey from grinding poverty in Lanarkshire to becoming one of the most electrifying and uncompromising voices for the working class that Victorian and Edwardian Britain had ever witnessed. Iain McLean presents a rigorously researched yet compulsively readable portrait of a man who defied the political orthodoxies of his age, arguing tirelessly for socialism, women's suffrage, and colonial independence at a time when such positions were considered dangerously radical. Part of the prestigious British Political Biography series published by Allen Lane, this work illustrates McLean's command of both the historical record and the psychological depth required to bring a towering public figure to life. McLean situates Hardie within the sweeping social and industrial upheavals of late 19th-century Britain, illuminating the contradictions of a man who was simultaneously a saintly figurehead and a fiercely combative politician. For anyone seeking to understand the ideological roots of the British left — and the personal cost of conviction — this biography raises a question that still resonates: what does it truly take to build a movement from nothing?
Author: Iain Mclean
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the dawn of the British labour movement, one man rose from the coal mines of Scotland to the floors of Westminster and changed the course of political history forever. Keir Hardie chronicles the remarkable life of James Keir Hardie — miner, agitator, and founding father of the Labour Party — tracing his journey from grinding poverty in Lanarkshire to becoming one of the most electrifying and uncompromising voices for the working class that Victorian and Edwardian Britain had ever witnessed. Iain McLean presents a rigorously researched yet compulsively readable portrait of a man who defied the political orthodoxies of his age, arguing tirelessly for socialism, women's suffrage, and colonial independence at a time when such positions were considered dangerously radical. Part of the prestigious British Political Biography series published by Allen Lane, this work illustrates McLean's command of both the historical record and the psychological depth required to bring a towering public figure to life. McLean situates Hardie within the sweeping social and industrial upheavals of late 19th-century Britain, illuminating the contradictions of a man who was simultaneously a saintly figurehead and a fiercely combative politician. For anyone seeking to understand the ideological roots of the British left — and the personal cost of conviction — this biography raises a question that still resonates: what does it truly take to build a movement from nothing?