Chris Wrigley
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Chris Wrigley reviews Jane Humphries study of child labour, the family and the world of work in the century from 1750. Published July 13 2011
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Chris Wrigley reviews Sue Bruley's social history study. Published February 23 2011
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Chris Wrigley reviews a book on the British mining industry by Geoff Coyle. Published July 27 2010
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For Sidney and Beatrice Webb, recording the struggles of early trade unionism - and subsidising its publication - were an integral part of their social commitment, by Chris Wrigley.
Published April 22 2008
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Chris Wrigley commends Victorians by Ruth Brocklehurst - winner of the Longman-History Today New Generation award.
Published February 16 2005
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Chris Wrigley reviews a book exploring the 250-year history of British trade unionism.
Published June 15 2004
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Chris Wrigley, President of the Historical Association, tells of the new campaign to make history freely available to all who wish to study it.
Published June 30 1998
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From joyous spring rite to politicised holiday – Chris Wrigley traces the annexation of May Day through the efforts of the increasingly active labour movement in the early 1890s. Published May 31 1990
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In 1926 the mining dispute led to the General Strike. Chris Wrigley writes how the memory of the hardship of those months has left a permanent legacy of bitterness in industrial relations in the coal industry. Published November 1 1984
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Chris Wrigley reviews the impact of the great historian, celebrating his recent birthday.
Published March 31 1981
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