The Early English Trade Unions; Documents from the Home Office..

1949. Aspinall, Arthur, [1901-1972]. The early English Trade Unions; Documents from the Home Office Papers in the Public Record Office. London: Batchworth Press, [1949]. xxxi, 410 pp. Cloth light shelfwear in worn dust jacket. Pen annotation to rear pastedown, otherwise internally clean. A good copy. $20. * Provides a resource for scholars studying the origins and early development of trade unionism in Great Britain. Includes documents concerning the formation of early worker organizations; strikes, protests, and other labor-related disturbances; conspiracies and arrests related to union activities, which were often illegal at the time; correspondence from local officials to the Home Office describing union actions; and the broader socio-economic and political context that shaped the labor movement during this period.