Liberal Reform and Industrial Relations: J.H. Whitley (1866-1935), Halifax Radical and Speaker of the House of Commons

著者名：Hargreaves, John A. (EDT)/Laybourn, Keith (EDT)/Toye, Richard (EDT)

Routledge（2017/10/25発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781138293984
• eISBN：9781351866125

Description

J.H. Whitley came from an established business family in Halifax, where he engaged in youth work and municipal politics before becoming MP for Halifax from 1900 to 1928. He was a Liberal Radical who worked with Labour, gave his name to the industrial councils of the First World War, was Speaker of the House of Commons 1921-28 presiding over the debates at the time of the General Strike of 1926. In 1929-31 he toured India as chairman of the Royal Commission on Indian Labour and was chairman of the BBC between 1930 and 1935.

He was thus a vitally important political figure who was active at the rise of Labour and the decline of Liberalism, involved in the Liberal reforms of the Edwardian age, and deeply concerned about industrial relations in early twentieth century Britain and beyond. 　

This volume brings together leading academics and provides new information and analysis on the life, work and times of J.H. Whitley, offering a study of his career in British politics and society, focusing particularly on the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first three decades of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

John Hargreaves, Keith Laybourn, and Richard Toye

2. J.H. Whitley (1866-1935): A Speaker shaped by his Halifax roots

John Hargreaves

3. Clifton: Inspiration and Service

C. S. Knighton

4. J.H. Whitley: A Model for Free Churchmen

Clyde Binfield

5. J.H. Whitley and Halifax Politics between 1890 and 1906: The Politics of Social Reform

Keith Laybourn

6. Industrial Relations and joint industrial councils: the UK and beyond 1916-1939

Greg Patmore

7. J.H. Whitley as Speaker of the House of Commons, 1921-1928

Richard Toye

8. J.H. Whitley and St. Stephen’s Hall in the Palace of Westminster

Graham E. Seel

9. J.H. Whitley and the Royal Commission on Labour in India 1929-1931

Amerdeep Panesar, Amy Stoddard, James Turner, Paul Ward and Sarah Wells

10. J.H. Whitley and the BBC 1930-1935

David Hendy

11. ‘Equal partners in a great enterprise’: experiencing Radio in Yorkshire

in the time of J. H. Whitley

Christine Verguson

12. Self-government: J. H. Whitley’s worlds in context

Keith Robbins

13. J.H. Whitley ‘first draft of history’: a study of the obituaries and personal tributes

John Barrett