The History of Trade Unionism


 * Preface and Introduction


 * I. The origins of trade unionism, 1


 * II. The Struggle for existence 1799-1825, 64


 * III. The Revolutionary period 1829-1842, 113


 * IV. The new spirit and the new model, 1843-1860, 180


 * V. The junta and their allies, 233


 * VI. Sectional developments 1863-1885, 299


 * VII. The old unionism and the new 1875-1890, 358


 * VIII. The trade union world 1890-1894, 422


 * IX. Thirty years’ growth 1890-1920, 472


 * X. The place of trade unionism in the state 1890-1920, 594


 * XI. Political organisation 1900-1920, 677


 * Appendices and Index - On the assumed connection between the Trade Union and the Gilds in Dublin - The Rules of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union - Sliding Scales - The Summons to the First Trade Union Congress - Distribution of Trade Unionists in the United Kingdom - The Progress in Members of particular Trade Unions - Publications on Trade Unions and Combinations of Workmen - The Relationship of Trade Unionism to the Government of Industry