The Fight for Rent Control : Law, Politics and the People / edited by Paul Q. Watchman and Peter Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watchman, Paul Q., Author.

Contributor:

Watchman, Paul, editor.

Robson, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing policy--Great Britain.

Housing policy.

Rent control--Great Britain--History.

Rent control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2025]

Summary:

An important socio-legal study of the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915 and the introduction of urban rent control.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Note about the Author

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Landlord and Tenant Relationships in Glasgow 1850–1914

3. The Rent Strikes of 1915 in Context

4. Rent Increases and Rent Agitation

5. The Dominant Focus of Government

6. Towards a Policy on the Housing Crisis

7. The Struggle Comes to a Climax

8. The Emergence of the Rent Increase and Mortgage (War Restrictions) Act

9. The Final Countdown

Appendix 1: Overall timeline to December 1915

Appendix 2: Section 9(1) of the Munitions of War Act 1916

Appendix 3: Song Sung by Glasgow Strikers

Appendix 4: Threats of Strike at Parkhead Forge

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781399505611

1399505610

9781399505628

1399505629

OCLC:

1503841398