04721nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-73588-2 DE-He213 20251030114928.0 cr nn 008mamaa 250122s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031735882 978-3-031-73588-2 10.1007/978-3-031-73588-2 doi DA1-995 HBJD1 bicssc HIS015000 bisacsh NHD 1DD thema Crossley, James. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 90374 A. L. Morton and the Radical Tradition [electronic resource] / by James Crossley. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 432 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Palgrave Studies in Utopianism, 2946-448X Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Growing Up -- Chapter 3: Steyning and Summerhill, 1924 1928 -- Chapter 4: Class against Class: London, 1929 1934 -- Chapter 5: “Something to Do with the Daily Worker”: 1934 1937 -- Chapter 6: History Progresses on the Popular Front: A People’s History of England -- Chapter 7: Early Receptions of A People’s History of England -- Chapter 8: East of England: The War Years -- Chapter 9: Towards Utopia -- Chapter 10: The Communist Party Historians’ Group -- Chapter 11: The English Utopia.p -- Chapter 12: England and the USA -- Chapter 13: From Sedgemoor to Netherwood: History from Below -- Chapter 14: 1956 -- Chapter 15: Civil Wars after 1956 -- Chapter 16: Ranters, Sects, and Utopians: Local and Beyond -- Chapter 17: Invoking the Muse of British Socialism -- Chapter 18: Turning 60 -- Chapter 19: The Matter of Britain -- Chapter 20: Ranters of ‘68 -- Chapter 21: The Seventies -- Chapter 22: The Party Is Not Always Right -- Chapter 23: Reflections: Intellectuals. This is the first book-length treatment of the life and thought of the Communist intellectual A. L. Morton (1903–1987) who pioneered studies of utopianism, radical history, and English national identity. Morton is now best known for A People's History of England (1938) and The English Utopia (1952), but his output was vast, and he was once widely read in socialist circles and beyond. He published on the English Revolution, Chartism, the emergence of the British labour movement, the legacy of utopianism in working-class movements, Arthurian legends, Shakespeare, the Brontë sisters, Robert Owen, William Morris, millenarianism, imperialism, and much more. Through extensive archival work (including recently released secret service files) and a close reading of Morton's publications, this book shows how Morton was a key influence on the famed generation of British Marxist historians associated with the postwar Communist Party Historians' Group, often anticipating their more celebrated findings. This book analyses the interrelated significance of Morton’s political work and his role within the Communist Party of Great Britain at crucial points in its history. The book further functions, then, as a story of English socialism and Communism during the Cold War. James Crossley is Research Professor at MF Oslo in Norway, Academic Director of the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM), and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London. Great Britain History. 66701 Political science Philosophy. 57588 Intellectual life History. 70673 History, Modern. 70351 World politics. 58105 Literature History and criticism. 66499 History of Britain and Ireland. 66703 Political Philosophy. 66964 Intellectual History. 70675 Modern History. 70352 Political History. 67817 Literary History. 66789 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031735875 Printed edition: 9783031735899 Printed edition: 9783031735905 Palgrave Studies in Utopianism, 2946-448X 73325 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73588-2 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 66474 66474