Dundee and the Empire : 'Juteopolis' 1850-1939 /

How did the people of Dundee respond to the challenges of being the most economically globalized city in the world in the years before the First World War? The answer to this question is complicated by the fact that the aspect of globalization which impacted most directly on the ordinary inhabitants...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Tomlinson, Jim
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
Sujets:
Jute industry > Scotland > Dundee > History.
Women > Employment > Scotland > History.
Women labor union members > Scotland > History.
Jute > Industrie > Écosse > Dundee > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > World.
Jute industry
Women > Employment
Women labor union members
Scotland
Scotland > Dundee
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Title page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I; Chapter 1 The Rise of Juteopolis ; Chapter 2 Juteopolis and Imperial Globalisation ; Chapter 3 The Employers' Response ; Chapter 4 The Workers' Response ; Chapter 5 The Politics of Dundee: The 1906 and 1908 Elections ; PART II; Chapter 6 War, Recession and the Response on the Left ; Chapter 7 Conservatism, Protection and Empire in the 1930s ; Chapter 8 The Empire Strikes Back: Responding to Crisis in the 1930s ; Chapter 9 Aftermath and Conclusion ; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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