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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Fabian Society
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Founded in 1884 with the aim of working towards a democratic socialist state. The name was taken from the Roman general *Fabius Cunctator (Fabius the Delayer), who in the 3rd century BC used a process of attrition to undermine Rome's enemy, *Hannibal. The idea was to take the same long-term approach to changing Britain. Early members included George Bernard *Shaw (whose Manifesto of 1884 was one of their first pamphlets), Sidney *Webb and Annie *Besant. These and others contributed to the influential Fabian Essays in Socialism (1889), edited by Shaw. The society was one of the groups which helped to create the *Labour party, with which it retains close links, and its members were instrumental in establishing the *London School of Economics.
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