Keir Hardie

by Fred Reid
Keir Hardie
Author: Fred Reid
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429826184
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First published in 1978. This book is an essay in labour biography. Labour leaders of the nineteenth century are often enigmatic personalities, and James Keir Hardie is no exception. The main purpose of this study is to penetrate the heart of the enigma that is Kier Hardie. Why does he remain so puzzling? The author explores Hardie’s childhood and his interest and involvement within the Labour Party. This title will be of interest to students of politics and history.

Keir Hardie’s Creed

by Neil Johnson
Keir Hardie’s Creed
Author: Neil Johnson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2023-10-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1666780715
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For James Keir Hardie, founding father of the British Labour Party, Socialism was the Christianity of his day. Keir Hardie realized that the abject poverty of his early years was economic, social, and political oppression, so he dedicated his life to fighting for justice. He found inspiration in the visions, insights, and concepts of figures from Jesus of Nazareth to Robert Burns and Karl Marx. At the heart of Keir Hardie's creed was the belief that human solidarity is sacred. What underpins this study is the understanding that labour history is religious history.

Keir Hardie

by Bob Holman
Keir Hardie
Author: Bob Holman
Publisher: Lion Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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A captivating biography of the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party, Keir Hardie (1856-1915)

What Would Keir Hardie Say

by Pauline Bryan
What Would Keir Hardie Say
Author: Pauline Bryan
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1910324566
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Keir Hardie is a significant figure in British history. He is known as the founder of the Labour Party but his influence went much wider. 100 years after his death the question is still often asked, "What would Keir Hardie say?" A group of distinguished writers have come together to write about different aspects of Hardie's life and legacy: Fran Abrams, Melissa Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, John Callow, Bob Holman, Cathy Jamieson, William Knox, Richard Leonard, Owen Smith, Dave Watson, Barry Winter. Each of them tackles one aspect of Hardie's varied interests from his support for women's suffrage, his internationalism, to his central role in the foundation of the Labour Party. Each essay considers the relevance of Keir Hardie's work to our lives today. The Foreword by Keir Hardie's great granddaughter, Dolores May Arias, reminds us that as well as his huge public presence, Hardie was a family man. And like so many great figures in history his family paid a price.

Keir Hardie and the 21st Century Socialist Revival

by Pauline Bryan
Keir Hardie and the 21st Century Socialist Revival
Author: Pauline Bryan
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1912387689
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'To remember Hardie is not to look wistfully backwards but to remind ourselves of the absolute necessity of unflinching principles, vision and determination in looking forward to the future we want to build.' Richard Leonard. James Keir Hardie founded and was the first leader of the Labour Party. In this book, Pauline Bryan brings together a varied group of commentators to discuss his legacy, including MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burgon; Richard Leonard MSP; Ann Henderson, the Rector of the University of Edinburgh; and Sharon Graham, Executive Officer of Unite. In their fascinating and varied essays, each contributor shows the importance of using Hardie's legacy as a foundation for the future. Discussing his support for women's suffrage and his fight to tackle unemployment, as well as his stance on issues of Home Rule and the British Empire, here they show how intrinsic his beliefs are to Labour Party policies to this day.

Keir Hardie

by Caroline Benn
Keir Hardie
Author: Caroline Benn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 537
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781860661167
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Widely seen at the time of his death as a failure, Hardie is seen today as the inspirational founder of the Labour party, his name a source of pride because of his socialism and his utter and genuine principle in pursuing it. He believed in it almost religiously, was willing to suffer for it, and did so. Originally published in 1992 by Hutchinson.

Keir Hardie

by Kenneth O. Morgan
Keir Hardie
Author: Kenneth O. Morgan
Publisher: Phoenix
Total Pages: 343
Release: 1997
Genre: Socialism
ISBN: 9781857999723
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Using a very wide range of sources, Kenneth Morgan examines the emergence of the Labour party in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the rise to a dominant and revered position within it of Keir Hardie, pacifist, internationalist, feminist, radical and socialist, yet an outsider in British piblic life to the end.

What Would Keir Hardie Say?

by Fran Abrams
What Would Keir Hardie Say?
Author: Fran Abrams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781910745151
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Keir Hardie is a significant figure in British history. He is known as the founder of the Labour Party but his influence went much wider. 100 years after his death the question is still often asked, "What would Keir Hardie say?" A group of distinguished writers have come together to write about different aspects of Hardie's life and legacy: Fran Abrams, Melissa Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, John Callow, Bob Holman, Cathy Jamieson, William Knox, Richard Leonard, Owen Smith, Dave Watson, Barry Winter. Each of them tackles one aspect of Hardie's varied interests from his support for women's suffrage, his internationalism, to his central role in the foundation of the Labour Party. Each essay considers the relevance of Keir Hardie's work to our lives today. The Foreword by Keir Hardie's great granddaughter, Dolores May Arias, reminds us that as well as his huge public presence, Hardie was a family man. And like so many great figures in history his family paid a price.