CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
Introduction to the Edition of 1920 v
Preface to the Original Edition of 1894 vii
I. The Origins of Trade Unionism 1
II. The Struggle for Existence[1799-1825] 64
III. The Revolutionary Period[1829-1842] 113
IV. The New Spirit and the New Model[1843-1860] 180
V. The Junta and their Allies 233
VI. Sectional Developments[1863-1885] 299
VII. The Old Unionism and the New[1875-1890] 358
VIII. The Trade Union World[1890-1894] 422
IX. Thirty Years’ Growth[1890-1920] 472
X. The Place of Trade Unionism in the State[1890-1920] 594
XI. Political Organisation[1900-1920] 677
Appendix.—On the assumed connection between the Trade Unions and the Gilds in Dublin—The Rules of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union—Sliding Scales—The Summons to the First Trade Union Congress—Distribution of Trade Unionists in the United Kingdom—The Progress in Membership of particular Trade Unions—Publications on Trade Unions and Combinations of Workmen—The Relationship of Trade Unionism to the Government of Industry 721
Index 765
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