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A study of British anti-socialism, 1900–40, demonstrating its popular, cross-class and cross-party character through analysis of political campaigns, religious activism and cultural representations...
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01 December 2026
Enemies of the red flag is the first systematic book-length study of British anti-socialism in the early twentieth century. It demonstrates that opposition to socialism was not confined to the Conservative Party but constituted a diverse political and cultural phenomenon that crossed divisions of class, party and belief. The book examines anti-socialist campaigns, stereotypes and ideas across parliamentary politics, voluntary activism and popular culture. It emphasises the centrality of religion to particular forms of British anti-socialism and the significance of conflicts between Christianity and secularism. By situating anti-socialism within wider transnational, cultural and ideological contexts, it highlights the importance of Europe to British politics and foregrounds the explicitly ideological character of civil society in early twentieth-century Britain.
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Pages: 272
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
01 December 2026
ISBN: 9781526159465
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social and cultural history, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, Political ideologies and movements, Political campaigning and advertising
Liam Ryan is Teaching Fellow in twentieth-century British history at the University of Oxford
Introduction
1 The chrono-politics of anti-socialism, 1900–17
2 The chrono-politics of anti-socialism, 1917–40
3 Saving the minds of the young: The Mothers' Union and the campaign against socialist and communist education in Britain, 1907–27
4 Converting the left: Missionaries, conversion narratives and anti-socialism, 1900–40
5 Capitalism, service and Rotary International, 1918–40
6 The affluent socialist in British popular fiction, 1900–40
7 The militant socialist in British popular fiction, 1900–40
Conclusion