Henry Pelling
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Henry Mathison Pelling (1920–1997), was a British historian best known for his works on the history of the British Labour Party, including:
- The Origins of the Labour Party (1954) and
- A Short History of the Labour Party (1961)
He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as:
- Modern Britain 1885-1955
- Social Geography of British Elections: 1885-1910
- Winston Churchill
- Britain and the Marshall Plan
- A History of British Trade Unionism, London, 1963
- 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 collection of British left-wing political pamphlets is held at Senate House Library.
His papers are lodged with St John's College Cambridge.
External links
Pelling's collection at Senate House Library