- 300 pages
- English
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The Legend of Red Clydeside
About this book
This text analyzes what really happened in Glasgow in the tumultuous years following World War I. It shows the real improvements in social conditions, and explores the impact of these years on the coming dominance of the Labour party in the west of Scotland.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to the Paperback Edition
- Introduction
- Part I. Clydeside in Wartime
- 1. The Industrial Environment
- 2. The Rent Strikes
- 3. The Ministry of Munitions, July-December 1915
- 4. Leaving Certificates and Dilution, August-December 1915
- 5. Lloyd George’s Visit and the Suppression of the Forward
- 6. The Progress of Dilution, January-February 1916
- 7. The Crisis, March 1916
- 8. Aftermath
- 9. Politicians, Revolutionaries and Engineers
- Part II. From George Square to St. Enoch Square
- 10. The Origins of the Forty Hours’ Strike
- 11. ‘Squalid Terrorism’: the Forty Hours’ Strike and Bloody Friday
- 12. The Lines Laid Down: the I.L.P., the Communists, and John McLean
- 13. The Growth of the Labour Vote. I: Unemployment and Housing
- 14. The Growth of the Labour Vote. II: The Irish and the Origins of a Labour Machine
- Part III. Consequences
- 15. Whatever Happened to Red Clydeside? I: In Parliament
- 16. Whatever Happened to Red Clydeside? II: In Glasgow
- Conclusion
- Biographical Notes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index