The History of the Fabian Society
Edward R. Pease, a founding member and for many years secretary of the Fabian Society, published its history in 1916, with revisions and additions from his colleagues Sidney Webb and Bernard Shaw. He traces the sources of Fabian socialism, the founding of the society in 1883 and 1884, its early days, the shaping of its gradualist policy, the success of Fabian Essays, its campaigns in the provinces, its positions on the Empire and education, its role in the birth of the Labour Party, the episode of H. G. Wells's attempt to remake it, and its research and debates up to the First World War. It is an insider's record of one of the most influential political groups in modern Britain. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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