04547nam a22005655i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001200172072001800184072002300202072002000225100008500245245008800330250001800418264007900436300004400515336002600559337002600585338003600611347002400647490004700671505102700718520151101745650003503256650004203291650003903333650002803372650002703400650004603427650004303473650003303516650003303549650002703582650003003609650002903639710003403668773002603702776003603728776003603764776003603800830005403836856004603890912001403936912001403950999001703964978-3-031-73588-2DE-He21320251030114928.0cr nn 008mamaa250122s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830317358829978-3-031-73588-27 a10.1007/978-3-031-73588-22doi 4aDA1-995 7aHBJD12bicssc 7aHIS0150002bisacsh 7aNHDx1DD2thema1 aCrossley, James.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut99037410aA. L. Morton and the Radical Traditionh[electronic resource] /cby James Crossley.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXIII, 432 p. 1 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aPalgrave Studies in Utopianism,x2946-448X0 aChapter 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.  aThis 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. 0aGreat BritainxHistory.966701 0aPolitical sciencexPhilosophy.957588 0aIntellectual lifexHistory.970673 0aHistory, Modern.970351 0aWorld politics.958105 0aLiteraturexHistory and criticism.96649914aHistory of Britain and Ireland.96670324aPolitical Philosophy.96696424aIntellectual History.97067524aModern History.97035224aPolitical History.96781724aLiterary History.9667892 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303173587508iPrinted edition:z978303173589908iPrinted edition:z9783031735905 0aPalgrave Studies in Utopianism,x2946-448X97332540uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73588-2  aZDB-2-HTY  aZDB-2-SXH  c66474d66474