Brian Marren

We shall not be moved

How Liverpool's working class fought redundancies, closures and cuts in the age of Thatcher

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Produktbeschreibung

This critique explores six case studies which will illustrate how elements of a highly politicised local working-class fought against the rapid rise in forced redundancies and industrial closures.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781526132963
• ISBN-10: 1526132966
• Artikelnr.: 51553618

Autorenporträt

Brian Marren is an Independent Researcher specialising in the social and labour history of Contemporary Britain

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Unravelling of the post-war consensus and the peculiarities
of Liverpool 2. Employment and unemployment on Merseyside, 1945-98 3.
British Leyland's closure of the Triumph TR7 Plant in Speke: 'The Shape of
Things to Come'? 4. The TGWU 6/612 Branch for the Unemployed: Working-Class
Politicisation and Mobilisation 5. The Toxteth Riots, 1981: unemployed
youth take to the streets 6. The Militant Tendency and the Liverpool City
Council's fight to save 'jobs and services', 1983-86 7. Sit-ins and factory
occupations: a case study of Cammell Laird Shipyards 8. The Liverpool Dock
Strike of 1995-98: the end of the line? Conclusion Bibliography