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Language
English (en)
Date of Award
4-9-2007
Author's Department
International and Area Studies
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Restricted/Unrestricted
Restricted
Abstract
The New Left was a unique intellectual and political undercurrent that transformed British politics and society in the decade after 1956. Having sought an alternative to both the British Communist Party and the Labour Party, yet never establishing itself as a popular political movement, the place of the New Left is not clear in the more general history of British politics and society after 1945. By exploring this issue, this thesis advances a new conclusion about radical politics in Britain between 1956 and 1970. The development of the New Left is an important part of the history of British socialism of the post-war period. This, in itself however, raises the question: if the New Left failed to become a popular political movement, why was it important? As a crusader for leftist reform, what separated it from the Labour Patiy? Having never organized mass public protests, isn't the early New Left just a failed precursor to a later movement?
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/csf7-pk40
Mentor
Ortolano
Additional Advisors
Garrett Duncan
Recommended Citation
Sawyier, Mark, "The British New Left: Reforn And Protest From 1956-1970" (2007). Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses. 138.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/csf7-pk40
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