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We shall not be moved : how Liverpool's working class fought redundancies, closures and cuts in the age of Thatcher / Brian Marren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marren, Brian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thatcher, Margaret.
- Thatcher, Margaret--Influence.
- Working class--England--Liverpool--History--20th century.
- Working class.
- Strikes and lockouts--England--Liverpool--History--20th century.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- England--Liverpool.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, digital file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The city of Liverpool had frequently been prone to industrial unrest for most of its recent history, but it was the dawn of Thatcher and the sanctioning of neoliberal economic strategies which made Liverpool a nucleus of resistance against the encroaching tide of right-wing politics and sweeping de-industrialisation. 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 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 of the Unemployed: working-class politicisation and mobilisation
- 5 The Toxteth riots, 1981: unemployed youth take to the streets
- 6 The Militant Tendency and Liverpool City Council’s fight to save ‘jobs and services’, 1983–86
- 7 Sit-ins and factory occupations: a case study of Cammell Laird’s shipyard
- 8 The Liverpool dock strike of 1995–98: the end of the line?
- Conclusion
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-249) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781784996437
- 1784996432
- 9781526109668
- 1526109662
- 9781784997052
- 1784997056
- OCLC:
- 981866892
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