Keith Laybourn

Keith Laybourn (born 13 March 1946) is Diamond Jubilee Professor of the University of Huddersfield and Professor of History. He is a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century specialising in labour history and the working class in Britain. He has published extensively, and has authored over 51 books on subjects including women's history, social policy and administration, and policing. In 2012 he took over presidency of the Society for the Study of Labour History following the death of the previous president, Eric Hobsbawm. He has also appeared on television, including ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' In 2016 he signed a public letter along with many other academic historians opposing Brexit.

Laybourn was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire on the 13th March 1946 and is married with three children (Rosie, Peter and Lizzie). He lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Unemployment and employment policies concerning women in Britain, 1900-1951 / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 2002
    Book
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    Fifty key figures in twentieth-century British politics / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 2002
    Book
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    A century of Labour : a history of the Labour Party 1900-2000 / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 2000
    Book
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    Fifty key figures in twentieth-century British politics by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 2002
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    Policing in England and Wales, 1918-39 : the fed, flying squads and forensics / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 2011
    Book
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    Under the red flag : a history of communism in Britain, c. 1849-1991 / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 1999
    Book
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    Liberalism and the rise of Labour, 1890-1918 / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 1984
    Book
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    The rise of labour : the British Labour Party, 1890-1979 / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 1988
    Book
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    Britain on the breadline : a social and political history of Britain between the wars / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 1990
    Book
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    Marxism in Britain : dissent, decline and re-emergence 1945-c.2000 / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 2006
    Book
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    British trade unionism c.1770-1990 : a reader in history / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 1991
    Book
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    The general strike day by day / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 1996
    Book
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    The rise of socialism in Britain c. 1881-1951 / by Laybourn, Keith

    Published 1997
    Book
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