Did Socialism win much support before 1914?

With such an open question one must decide when in history to start, although we are primarily concerned with the period 1865 to 1914 it is obvious that the roots of socialism in England stretch further back than 1865. For example one can see socialism in the guise of the digger and levellers from the period of 1649-50. Modern socialism as the general consensus agrees upon emerged in England during the period of the industrial revolution, but however this is also controversial because some historians claim the industrial revolution started in the eighteenth century. This essay will concentrate on the period in the nineteenth and early twentieth century….(short extract)

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