MacDonald's Parties
The Labour Party and the 'Aristocratic Embrace', 1922-31
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12239504 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Owen (0000-0001-5598-6274, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-53 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Twentieth Century British History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-2359 • E-ISSN: 1477-4674 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/tcbh/hwl043 |
| OpenAlex | W2062137220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The article tests the claim that certain Labour MPs and ministers in the 1920s succumbed to an ‘aristocratic embrace’. It begins with a short account of debates in the early Labour Party over social mixing, which culminated in the 1924 dispute over the wearing of Court Dress by some Labour ministers. The extent of ‘embrace’ is assessed through the examination of who wore Court Dress (and why), who was offered and accepted honours, and of patterns of residence, income and wealth, and participation in London Society, measured by club memberships and appearances in the Court & Social columns of The Times. The article concludes by examining the usefulness of the idea of ‘aristocratic embrace’ in explaining the defection of J.R. MacDonald and others from the Labour Party in 1931
Club · Political science · Residence · Sociology · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Irish and British Studies · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2019 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |