Books by Lewis Mates

This book analyses the battle for ideological and actual control of the Durham Miners' Association between Liberals, socialists and syndicalists in the tumultuous period prior to the First World War. -- .

Was the British left's support for the anti-Franco cause 'the most outstanding example of international solidarity in British history'? This work considers this claim and argues that support for the anti-Franco cause was varied and multi-faceted. It gives fresh perspectives on an important period of twentieth-century British history.