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Henry Mathison Pelling (27 August 1920 – 14 October 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) (later editions co-written with Alastair J. Reid) He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as:

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  • Henry Mathison Pelling (27 August 1920 – 14 October 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) (later editions co-written with Alastair J. Reid) 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 * American Labor * 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 * The Labour Governments 1945-51 Pelling was educated at Birkenhead School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he gained firsts in part I of the Classical tripos and part II of the Historical tripos. His collection of British left-wing political pamphlets is held at Senate House Library, while his papers are lodged with St John's College. (en)
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  • Henry Mathison Pelling (27 August 1920 – 14 October 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) (later editions co-written with Alastair J. Reid) He was also a pioneer of the serious study of twentieth-century electoral and party politics, and wrote such other works as: (en)
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