Henry Pelling

Who was Henry Pelling?

Henry Mathison Pelling, was a British historian best known for his works on the history of the British Labour Party, including:

The Origins of the Labour Party and

A Short History of the Labour Party.

He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as:

Modern Britain

Social Geography of British Elections: 1885-1910

Winston Churchill

Britain and the Marshall Plan

A History of British Trade Unionism, London 1992

America and the British left: from Bright to Bevan

The British Communist Party: a historical profile

The 1945 General Election Reconsidered

Popular Politics and Society in Late Victorian Britain

Britain and the Second World War

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His papers are lodged with St John's College Cambridge.