Silvertown : the lost story of a strike that shook London and helped launch the modern labor movement
John Tully
| Year of publication: |
c 2014
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| Authors: | Tully, John A. |
| Publisher: |
New York, NY : Monthly Review Press |
| Subject: | Arbeitskampf | Industrial action | Arbeiterbewegung | Labour movement | Gewerkschaftsbewegung | Trade union movement | Wirtschaftsgeschichte | Economic history | London | Streik | Kautschukindustrie | Geschichte 1899 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | 267 S. |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Glossar enthalten ; Glossary included |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | AcknowledgementsForeword / by John Callow Introductory comment / by John Marriott Author's preface ; Prologue: Wednesday 11 September 1889 ; Introduction to a forgotten struggle ; Samuel Silver's palace of industry ; Great sacrifice, great barbarism ; A time of hope ; "They want my life's blood" ; The strike gains momentum ; The workers disunited : skilled vs. unskilled at Silvertown ; "There is no justice, mercy or compassion in the plutocracy" ; November: hunger and cold ; The great strike collapses ; Epilogue ; Abbreviations used in the text and notes ; Glossary of terms ; Bibliography ; Notes ; Index. |
| ISBN: | 1-58367-434-9 ; 978-1-58367-434-5 |
| Classification: | Großbritannien, Irland ; Arbeitsbeziehungen |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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