{"product_id":"the-popular-front-and-the-progressive-tradition-socialists-liberals-and-the-quest-for-unity-1884-1939-hardback-9780521413831","title":"The Popular Front and the Progressive Tradition; Socialists, Liberals and the Quest for Unity, 1884–1939 (Hardback) 9780521413831","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Popular Front and the Progressive Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocialists, Liberals and the Quest for Unity, 1884–1939\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of the reasons of the British Labour Party's 'left' for supporting the formation of a 'Popular Front' in the late 1930s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Blaazer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521413831, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 October 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.505 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...valuable insight into the continued prevalence of progressive ideas into the 1930s.  It will be of interest to students of the history of ideas and of the left in modern Britain.\"   Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is an in-depth exploration of the Popular Front and United Front campaigns in Britain in the late 1930s. Dr Blaazer aims to dispel the myth that these campaigns can be understood largely as a ruse engineered by the Communists into which non-Communists were blindly drawn. Instead he searches for the idea of 'progressive unity' in earlier episodes in the history of the British progressive tradition. By re-assessing the significance of these episodes, and by reconsidering the role of seminal progressive thinkers, he shows that the relationships between liberals and socialists, reformists and revolutionaries, had long been both intimate and fluid. Indeed, the reasons and assumptions behind individual decisions to support the struggle for progressive unity show that the Popular Front was a reasoned and culturally familiar response to a major political crisis.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the text\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The progressive side of politics\u003cbr\u003e 2. The colours of the rainbow\u003cbr\u003e 3. Imperialism and war\u003cbr\u003e 4. The pilgrims' progress\u003cbr\u003e 5. Inside the left\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fascism, unity, and loyalty: 1932–1937\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Popular Front\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913104810264,"sku":"9780521413831","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521413831i_dd169615-4041-44e2-9b51-03549f1aa5dd.jpg?v=1691381330","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-popular-front-and-the-progressive-tradition-socialists-liberals-and-the-quest-for-unity-1884-1939-hardback-9780521413831","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}