Silvertown : The Lost Story of a Strike that Shook London and Helped Launch the Modern Labor Movement

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In 1889, Samuel Winkworth Silver's rubber and electrical factory was the site of a massive worker revolt that upended the London industrial district which bore his name: Silvertown. Once referred to as the "Abyss" by Jack London, Silvertown was notorious for oppressive working conditi...

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Autor principal: Tully, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Socialism.
Rubber industry and trade.
Labor unions.
Labor movement.
Strikes and lockouts.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Syndicats > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
Mouvement ouvrier > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
Caoutchouc > Industrie > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
Socialism > England > London.
Labor unions > England > London > History.
Labor movement > England > London > History.
Strikes and lockouts Dalston (London, England) > History.
Rubber industry and trade > England > London > History.
England > London.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword / 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.

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