This is the first book-length treatment of the life and thought of the Communist intellectual A. L. Morton (1903â1987) 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 BrontĂ« 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.
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A. L. Morton and the Radical Tradition
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Growing Up
- 3. Steyning and Summerhill, 1924â1928
- 4. Class Against Class: London, 1929â1934
- 5. âSomething to Do with the Daily Workerâ: 1934â1937
- 6. History Progresses on the Popular Front: A Peopleâs History of England
- 7. Early Receptions of A Peopleâs History of England
- 8. East of England: The War Years
- 9. Towards Utopia
- 10. The Communist Party Historiansâ Group
- 11. The English Utopia
- 12. England and the USA
- 13. From Sedgemoor to Netherwood: History from Below
- 14. 1956
- 15. Civil Wars After 1956
- 16. Ranters, Sects, and Utopians: Local and Beyond
- 17. Invoking the Muse of British Socialism
- 18. Turning 60
- 19. The Matter of Britain
- 20. Ranters of â68
- 21. The Seventies
- 22. The Party Is Not Always Right
- 23. Reflections: Intellectuals
- Back Matter
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