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Forgotten Hero: The Life & Times of Edward Rushton
Bill Hunter £6.00
Restoring a heroic figure to his place in Liverpool's history of the 18th & early 19th centuries
Rushton was an uncompromising opponent of slavery, who became blind at the age of 19. He wrote poetry and was a revolutionary republican, supporting the American war for independence, the French Revolution, and the struggles of the Polish & Irish people.
He also founded the world's first school for the blind, which later moved to the building now occupied by the Merseyside Trade Union, Community & Unemployed Resource Centre.
Living History Library (2002) ISBN 095420770x
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The North in the '60s (North West Labour History Journal Issue 26, 2001)
edited by Michael Herbert £7.95
For far too long histories of the 1960s have focussed mainly on London and the doings of a minority of fashion designers, popstars and photographers. This special issue of the NWLHJ moves the spotlight back to the North. In a wide-ranging collection of articles, the contributors discuss some of the decade's radical cultural, political and social movements as experienced in Manchester, Liverpool and elsewhere.
North West Labour History Group (2001)
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Black Atlantic Politics: Dilemmas of Political Empowerment in Boston & Liverpool
William E Nelson Jr £18.50
A comprehensive comparative study of Black politics in two cities: Boston, USA and Liverpool.
The author argues that Black communities face a host of social, economic and political constraints produced by hierarchical racial systems.
Based on interviews with over 150 political activists, academics, politicians and public administrators, this study examines important issues in the field of urban politics:
the mobilisation of bias in the political system, race and class constraints on the exercise of political influence, Black electoral strategies and political participation, urban riots,
the development of effective Black political resources, and conflict and co-operation in the internal politics of the Black community.
State University of New York Press (2000) ISBN 0791446727
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The Collected George Garrett
George Garrett £7.99
All but ignored by post-war critics, George Garrett's stories and reportage were praised by some of the most influential
writers of the 1930s, including George Orwell, Sylvia Townsend-Warner and John Lehmann.
Born in Merseyside in 1896, Garrett's stories vividly record the experiences of a merchant seaman during the
First World War and his return to the working-class realities of a 'land fit for heroes'.
Also included are his first-hand accounts of life on the breadline in 1920s Liverpool, and of the 1922 Hunger March,
his critical ripostes to Conrad's The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', and an extract from his essay on Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Trent Editions (1999) ISBN 0905488482
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Born With a Book in His Hand: a Tribute to Edmund Frow 1906-1997
edited by Michael Herbert & Eric Taplin £5.00
Collection of memories and appreciations by friends and colleagues of Edmund Frow, Communist, trade union activist, and co-founder of the Working Class Movement Library in Salford.
North West Labour History Group (1998) ISBN 0952341042
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Black Organisation & Identity in Liverpool: A Local, National & Global Perspective
edited by William Ackah & Mark Christian £6.95
Offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the issues which have helped form Black organisation and identity essentially within the context of the city of Liverpool over the last three decades, while also looking at broader aspects of Black economic, political, social and cultural life nationally and globally.
Charles Wootton College Press (1997) ISBN 0952993406
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The Disinherited Society: A Personal View of Social Responsibility in Liverpool During the 20th Century
Margaret Simey £11.95
In the early years of the 20th century a unique vision of what it meant to be a citizen in an urban democracy emerged in Liverpool, infused by the passion and urgency of women's demand for liberation. This book considers how this has developed into a demand for the empowerment of the community. Ironically the Welfare State has resulted in an assumption of control by the executive which has deprived citizens of their right to responsibility for what is done in their name. The Disinherited Family of Eleanor Rathbone's classic book on child allowances has become the Disinherited Society of today.
A participant in the events she describes, Margaret Simey served her apprenticeship under Eleanor Rathbone and was the first student on the social science degree course pioneered by the University of Liverpool, and subsequently a voluntary worker and local politician.
Liverpool University Press (1996) ISBN 0853238006
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Charity Rediscovered: A Study of Philanthropic Effort in 19th Century Liverpool
Margaret Simey £8.50
Classic study, absorbing and highly praised, first published in 1951. Not just a period piece about 'good works' in the 1800s, its concern is with the remarkable response of a developing urban society to the demands made upon it by rapid growth and change. Through this response, the concept of the relief of poverty as a moral option for the individual changed to that of collective responsibility for the welfare of the community as a whole, a responsibility later assumed by the Welfare State.
Liverpool University Press (1992) ISBN 0853230781
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Liverpool: A City that Dared to Fight
Peter Taaffe & Tony Mulhearn £14.95 hardback
The headline-making events in Liverpool in 1983-1987 by two of the activists who were expelled from the Labour Party in 1986. Not only a commentary, this is also a penetrating political analysis of the growth and development of Marxism in Britain, and particularly the role of Militant in Liverpool.
Fortress Books (1988) ISBN 1870958012
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Liverpool On the Brink
Michael Parkinson £5.95
The background to the budget crisis in Liverpool in the 1980s, that is too often portrayed as a personal confrontation between Derek Hatton and Thatcher, or the Militant Tendency-dominated city council and the Tory monetarists. Liverpool's struggle goes back further - the 'lost decade' of coalition politics; the complexities of the grant system and rate-capping; and the divisions within the unions and the Labour Party that finally pushed the city to the brink. A book to be read and pondered by all who care about the future of local democracy.
Policy Journals (1985) ISBN 0946967075
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