Download or read book Ben Tillett written by Jonathan Schneer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1982. To study Tillett’s career is to study the modern British labour movement in its formative stages. His rhetoric and activities cast light upon some of the most important periods in labour history. In this book, not only the career of this remarkable and mercurial man is analysed, but our knowledge of the wider scene in which he played so major a role is increased. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of political history.