William Walker: Social activist and Belfast labourist 1870-1918
The first ever full biography of William Walker, written by Dr Mike Mecham, Visiting Research Fellow at St. Mary’s University, London, and with a foreword by Professor Alvin Jackson, Richard Lodge Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh.
ISBN 978-1-9164489-6-4 (hardback) 978-1-9164489-5-7 (paperback)
260 pages
Published October 2019 in an edition of 100 hardback and 140 paperback copies, the book had two launches:
- On Friday 18th October at Forsa, Nerney’s Court, Dublin, after the opening session of the Irish Labour History Society Autumn Conference
- On Thursday 24th October in The Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, London
Details of a Northern Ireland event are yet to be determined.
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Dr Peter Connell’s review of this book appears on p16 of the Spring 2020 issue of Soundpost.
Emmet O’Connor’s review appeared in Labour History Review Vol.85, issue 2, July 2020 (pages 212-214).
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