Victor Gollancz: a socialist publisher in British Popular Front years

Authors

  • Matheus Cardoso Silva Departamento de História, Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2016v8n15p87

Abstract

This article aims to consider the paths of Victor Gollancz (1893-1967),
one of the most important publishers and British humanitarian activists of the
Twentieth century. As a bookseller, Gollancz founded his own company in 1927, Victor Gollancz Ltd., one of the most successful of his time. In 1935, he co-founder the Left Club in London, considered the first book club of the modern era in Britain, whose work lasted until 1947 and inspired the creation of more than 1,500 local branches throughout England and more than 15 other international sections with branches on every continent. As a humanitarian activist, Gollancz was responsible for numerous campaigns to support refugees from the Spanish Civil War in England and during the Second World War, the civilian victims in Germany. Factors which turns him a key-figure on the British Popular Front.

Author Biography

Matheus Cardoso Silva, Departamento de História, Universidade de São Paulo

Doutor em História Social, Departamento de História, Universidade de São Paulo. Pesquisador associado do GRUPHI - Grupo de Pesquisa em História Intelectual e ao LabTeo - Laboratório de Teoria da História e História da Historiografia, Departamento de História, Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2017-02-06

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SILVA, Matheus Cardoso. Victor Gollancz: a socialist publisher in British Popular Front years. Revista Mundos do Trabalho, Florianópolis, v. 8, n. 15, p. 87–108, 2017. DOI: 10.5007/1984-9222.2016v8n15p87. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/1984-9222.2016v8n15p87. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 8 No. 15 (2016): Biografia e História do Trabalho (I)

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