Essays in Labour History : In Memory of G. D. H. Cole 25 September 1889–14 January 1959

who would have been horrified at the thought of personal political victory ; one of the towering intellectual leaders and institution-builders of the national Labour Party; one of Britain's pioneers in workers' education ; Cole nevertheless always seems to have time to spend informally with students. And it is in these informal contacts-tea, sherry, the Master's Discussion Group -that a special quality appears. Hidden in shyness, sheltered in matter-of-factness, protected by hedgerows of cool and clipped rationality, is a spirit so wistful, so delicate, so ineffably kind, so fundamentally lacking in contentiousness, so sensitive to the aspirations and needs of others, as to make one weep in gratitude and wonder. This is the Cole which many of his professional colleagues have never seen, or been allowed to see. This is the Cole which withered by contrast the embattled pundit by the same name. This is the Cole which was never consciously revealed. But this is the image which is freshest after twenty years. With all gratitude for his brilliance and for his intellectual inspiration and guidance, I am most grateful for having known a poised and beautiful spirit. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 G. D. H. Cole as An Undergraduate....Pages 3-5 At Oxford in The Twenties....Pages 6-19 What Cole Really Meant....Pages 20-24 Cole and Oxford, 1938–1958....Pages 25-40 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 The Language Of ‘Class’ In Early Nineteenth-Century England....Pages 43-73 Nineteenth-Century Co-Operation: From Community Building to Shopkeeping*....Pages 74-112 Custom, Wages, And Work-Load In Nineteenth-Century Industry....Pages 113-139 The Socialists of The Polish ‘Great Emigration’....Pages 140-173 The Bee-Hive Newspaper: Its Origin and Early Struggles....Pages 174-204 Professor Beesly and The Working-Class Movement....Pages 205-241 The English Branches of The First International....Pages 242-275 Homage to Tom Maguire *....Pages 276-316 Trade Unions and Free Labour: The Background to The Taff Vale Decision....Pages 317-350 Back Matter....Pages 351-364