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Coming soon from\u00a0Breviary Stuff Publications<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In the 1970s and 80s a revival of interest emerged in researching Bristol\u2019s vigorous radical past, reflected in the publications of the Bristol branch of the Historical Association and Bristol Broadsides. This revival has continued, echoed in the more recent historical studies that have advanced the work of filling in Bristol\u2019s remarkable past \u2014 especially the involvement of the Bristol women\u2019s movement in the nineteenth century in anti-slavery campaigns, social reform, and the struggle for the emancipation of women, developing into the suffrage movement \u2014 but gaps in our knowledge still exist. This collection of essays from members of the Bristol Radical History Group traces the relationship between labour struggles and the new ideas and practice of general unionism, socialism and anarchism in Bristol and the surrounding area from the late nineteenth century through to the 1930s.<\/p>\n

Anarchism in Bristol and the West Country<\/em> looks at the gradual emergence of anarchism as a distinct political and cultural current within the wider labour movement from the late nineteenth century onwards.<\/p>\n

Pirates to Proletarians<\/em> charts the experiences of Bristol\u2019s river pilots and their assistants in the nineteenth century, their struggle to defend their jobs and their traditional way of working, as steam power emerged to replace sail. Their relationship with the ship-owners, masters and city authorities was a complex one, which broke down periodically into open conflict.<\/p>\n

The Bristol Strike Wave of 1889-1890<\/em>, drawing on many new sources, presents a detailed picture of strikes in the city during September and December 1889 and the rise of \u2018New Unionism\u2019 as worker militancy exploded; it charts the occurrences of industrial conflict between January and August 1890, starting with the lockout of boot and shoe workers, and addresses the challenges faced by workers, and union and socialist organisers.<\/p>\n

The Origins and an Account of Black Friday<\/em> explores the employers counter-offensive of 1892-93, which was aimed at rolling back the recent gains made by Bristolian workers, whereby the Bristol bourgeoisie and their agents sought to intimidate strikers using lock-outs, violent policing, fines and imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Intermezzo<\/em> is a brief look into the coffee taverns of Victorian Bristol. It was in these institutions that Socialists, Anarchists and Trade Unionists read their \u2018seditious\u2019 publications, discussed politics and met to organise strike committees and campaigns. These cultural spaces were open to men and women and provided an environment which encouraged both freedom of thought and debate.<\/p>\n

Bristol and the Labour Unrest of 1910-14<\/em> studies the experience of industrial strife between 1910 and the outbreak of the First World War, in August 1914. This period witnessed a significant increase in unofficial strike activity, as significant sections of the trade union rank-and-file began to express their frustration at the lack of progress made in their struggle for better working conditions and a new social order.<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s To-morrow<\/em> reveals the profound, yet now largely forgotten, influence of the garden-city movement in defining the urban morphology of the estates around Bristol\u2019s residential periphery.<\/p>\n

Bread or Batons? Unemployed Workers Struggles in Bristol in the 1930s<\/em> looks back at the period of the last \u2018great depression\u2019. There are numerous parallels with our recent history, from cuts in poor relief and public services, a collaborationist and emasculated Labour opposition, to the brutal policing of demonstrations and a corrupt and reactionary media. It looks in detail at unemployed workers\u2019 demonstrations in 1931-32 and their clashes with the police.<\/p>\n

Contents<\/h3>\n
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Illustrations<\/em><\/dt>\n
Acknowledgements<\/em><\/dt>\n
Contributors<\/em><\/dt>\n
Introduction<\/dt>\n
\u2666 Anarchism in Bristol and the West Country: 1880-1939<\/em><\/dt>\n
Stephen E. Hunt<\/dd>\n
\u2666 Pirates to Proletarians: the Experience of the Pilots and Watermen of Crockerne Pill in the Nineteenth Century<\/em><\/dt>\n
Mike Richardson<\/dd>\n
\u2666 The Bristol Strike Wave of 1889-1890: Socialists, New Unionists and New Women \u2014 Part One: Days of Hope<\/em><\/dt>\n
Mike Richardson<\/dd>\n
\u2666 The Bristol Strike Wave of 1889-1890: Socialists, New Unionists and New Women \u2014 Part Two: Days of Doubt<\/em><\/dt>\n
Mike Richardson<\/dd>\n
\u2666 The Origins and an Account of Black Friday, 23rd December 1892<\/em><\/dt>\n
Roger Ball<\/dd>\n
\u2666 Intermezzo<\/em>: Coffee Taverns<\/dt>\n
Stephen E. Hunt<\/dd>\n
\u2666 Bristol and the Labour Unrest of 1910-14<\/em><\/dt>\n
Mike Richardson<\/dd>\n
\u2666 Yesterday\u2019s To-morrow: Bristol\u2019s Garden Suburbs<\/em><\/dt>\n
Stephen E. Hunt<\/dd>\n
\u2666 Bread or Batons? Unemployed Workers\u2019 Struggles in Bristol in the 1930s<\/em><\/dt>\n
Dave Backwith and Roger Ball<\/dd>\n
Bibliography<\/em><\/dt>\n
Index<\/em><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

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