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.
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
Description
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.
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
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