The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe
Past, Present and Future
Eric Hobsbawm claimed that the international May Day, which dates back to a proclamation in 1889 by the Second International, 'is perhaps the most ambitious of labour rituals'. The first international May Day demonstrations in 1890 were widely celebrated across Europe and became the one day each year when organized labour could present its goals to the public, an eight-hour workday being the first concrete demand, shortly followed by those for improved working conditions, universal suffrage, peace among nations, and international solidarity. The May Day ritual celebration was the self-assertion and self-definition of the new labour class thro…
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Weitere Autoren: Reiter, Herbert
- ISBN: 978-1-317-01735-6
- EAN: 9781317017356
- Produktnummer: 20171914
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 17'433 KB
Über den Autor
Abby Peterson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.Herbert Reiter, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
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