| Description |
1 atlas (225 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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paper |
| Contents |
Sect. A. 1750-1850 / Adrian Randall and Andrew Charlesworth. 1. Strikes and popular protest in Gloucestershire, 1756-66. 2. The London sailors' strike of 1768 / Richard Sheldon. 3. Protests over cotton machinery in Lancashire, 1768-79. 4. Protests against machinery in the west of England woollen industry, 1776-1802. 5. The Luddite disturbances, 1811-12. 6. The disturbances of 1826 in the manufacturing districts of the north of England / David Walsh. 7. The General Strike of 1842 -- Sect. B. 1850-1900 / Humphrey Southall. 8. The records of industrial protest. 9. Lock-outs and national bargaining in the engineering industry, 1852 and 1897-8. 10. The nine-hours movement of 1871. 11. The revolt of the field, 1872-4. 12. The strike at Bryant and May's match factory, East London, July 1888 / Gillian Rose. 13. Organising the unskilled: the 1889 dock strike. 14. The early May days: 1890, 1891 and 1892 / Chris Wrigley. 15. The coal lock-out of 1893 / Chris Wrigley |
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Sect. C. 1900-39 / David Gilbert. 16. The geography of strikes, 1900-39. 17. The General Strike of 1926. 18. The miners' lock-out of 1926. 19. Little Moscows and radical localities. 20. The national hunger marches, 1921-36. 21. The Jarrow Crusade of 1936. 22. The Harworth dispute of 1936-7 -- Sect. D. 1940-90 / Chris Wrigley. 23. The geography of strikes, 1940-90 / David Gilbert. 24. Coal disputes, 1940-45. 25. Unofficial dock strikes and 1945-51 Labour governments / Jim Phillips. 26. Strikes in the motor car manufacturing industry. 27. The winter of discontent: the lorry drivers' strike, January 1979. 28. The 1984-5 miners' strike |
| Notes |
"First published in Great Britain 1996 by Macmillan Press Ltd."--Prelim. p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Strikes and lockouts -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- Maps.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Great Britain -- History -- Maps.
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| Author |
Charlesworth, Andrew
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Oliver, Ed.
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| LC no. |
95042143 |
| ISBN |
0312158890 (cloth) |
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