Political Change and the Rise of Labour in Comparative Perspective : Britain and Sweden, 1890-1920

352pp. Black cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Lightly bumped bottom corners. Light grey endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. 8vo. Presents a comparative analysis of social change, democratisation and the development of modern party politics in Britain and Sweden during the period 1890-1920. Includes a case study of two naval dockyard towns, Plymouth and Karlskrona and the response of labour organisations to the politics of nationalism and naval defence in the early twentieth century.