May Day and Internationalism across the Labour Movement, 1890-1914 : Working-class Unity in Britain, Australia, and the USA.DE (Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements)

Landrigan, Aloysius

Springer, Berlin; Palgrave Macmillan（2026/09発売）

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This book explores the development of May Day, a demonstration and annual celebration of internationalism, unity, and peace for the labour movement and working class. Celebrated annually on 1st May, May Day, International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, has taken place in countries around the world since 1890. Focusing on three important sites: London, Melbourne and New York, this book emphasises May Day s local and international character. By comparing demonstrations held across these three cities, the author analyses how May Day changed locally year-to-year and developed across the Anglosphere, revealing the labour movement s constitution, strength, ideals and objectives. Although a celebration of internationalism, May Day was influenced by its locality through each city s socio-economics, labour-movement politics, working-class culture, and urban environment. Evolving in tandem with these local realities was an idealised May Day, which adopted traditional, seasonal, pagan, and medieval imagery drawn from shared cultural ties. Delving into the internationalism expressed on May Day, this book connects collective identity, socialism, and the working class in opposition to capitalism and imperialism. This book also highlights the transnational impact of socialist artwork and poetry, featuring an extensive collection of pieces by Walter Crane and further works by William Morris and other artists. It further investigates the influence of traditional May Day celebrations on labour demonstrations and the way participants understood and practiced these events. Through a comprehensive analysis of the culture of the labour movement, this book provides insight into how working-class celebrations, demonstrations, artwork, poetry, and stories expressed their values and struggles and provides valuable reading for historians specialising in transnational labour movements, cultural and intellectual histories, global urban histories, and memory studies.

.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. May Day in London: May Day as a Reflection of the Labour Movement and Working-class Community.- Chapter 3. May Day in Melbourne: The Struggle for Unity and Tensions of Government.- Chapter 4. May Day in New York: Nationalism and Internationalism.- Chapter 5. Comparative and Transnational Examination of May Day Demonstrations across London, Melbourne, and New York.- Chapter 6. The Origins of May Day: Its Ancient and Traditional Roots.- Chapter 7. May Day s Internationalism.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.- Appendix A Attendance at Demonstrations.

Aloysius Landrigan completed his undergraduate at La Trobe University before graduating with a Masters of Arts and a Doctorate from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published articles on the Paris Commune, its celebration and its influence on socialist thought. This is his first book.