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Ernest Bevin

By (author) Alan Bullock, Volume editor Peter Hennessy, Volume editor Brian Brivati






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This new edition looks at the miner who rose to become Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government; influential trade unionist during the General Strike and creator of the Transport and General Workers' Union; Minister of Labour in the wartime coalition government and creator of the ""Bevin Boys"", young men conscripted to work down the pits - Ernest Bevin is one of the true giants of 20th-century political history.

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Publisher | Methuen Publishing Ltd
Published date | 1 Feb 2002
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 650
Dimensions | 230 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-9023-0185-3
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BISAC | political science / constitutions


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