British socialists : the journey from fantasy to politics

Stanley Pierson. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 392. Acknowledgments 7 Contents 9 INTRODUCTION 13 PART ONE THE ORIGINS AND EARLY YEARS OF THE MOVEMENT 19 1. THE "DIVIDED CONSCIOUSNESS" AND THE EMERGENCE OF BRITISH SOCIALISM 19 PART TWO POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT AND DEEPENING DILEMMAS 57 2. ETHICAL SOCIALISM 1900-1905: THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 57 3. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AND FABIANS: QUESTIONS OF SCOPE AND STRATEGY 92 PART THREE ETHICAL SOCIALISTS AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS 137 4. ETHICAL SOCIALISM 1906-1908: THE CLIMAX 137 5. THE EXHAUSTION OF ETHICAL SOCIALISM 169 6. ETHICAL SOCIALISTS: THE RETREAT FROM POLITICS 213 PART FOUR THE TRIUMPH OF PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS OVER SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND FABIANISM 265 7. THE BRITISH MARXISTS: FROM SOCIAL DEMOCRACY TO COMMUNISM 265 8. THE FABIAN CONVERSION TO PARTY POLITICS 315 CONCLUSION 357 NOTES 365 UNPUBLISHED SOURCES 404 INDEX 405