Industrial nation : work, culture and society in Scotland, 1800-present / W.W. Knox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knox, William, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--Scotland--History.

Labor.

Working class--Scotland--History.

Working class.

Industrial revolution--Scotland.

Industrial revolution.

Scotland--Social conditions.

Scotland.

Scotland--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 368 pages), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Summary:

This is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers (industrial, political, manufacturing, mining and engineering, as well as religious, union, educational and moral) who produced the first and suffered in the second. Political, social and economic events, movements and trends are welded together in a well-ordered and vivid narrative. It assumes almost no prior knowledge, and introduces the reader gently to the central debates about the nature and course of modern Scottish History. The style is clear and spare - with frequent dry, witty asides; it will be ideal for the student, but will equally appeal to the general reader interested in modern Scottish history. It is illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings, with guides to further reading and a full index.Key FeaturesThe first systematic and economic history of modern ScotlandA vivid chronological narrative accountGenerously illustrated with contemporary illustrations

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART 1: SOCIAL CHANGE AND POLITICAL RADICALISM, 1800-1850

1. Interpretations

2. The Social Consequences of Industrial and Urban Growth, 1800-1850

3. 'Rough and Respectable': The Culture of the Scottish Working Classes, 1800-1850

4. Technological Change and Workplace Struggles, 1800-1850

5. Class Struggle and the Growth of Trade Unions in Scocland, 1800-1850

6. Nation v. Class: Radical Struggles in Scocland, 1800-1850

PART II: MID-VICTORIAN SCOTLAND AND THE POLITICS OF CONSENSUS, 1850-1880

7. Interpretations

8. Heavy Industry and Social Change, 1850-1880

9. Respectability and the Scottish Working Classes, 1850-1880

10. Skill and Managerial Authority, 1850-1880

11. Trade Unionism in Scotland, 1850-1880: A New Model?

12. A Mid-Victorian Political Consensus? Labour Politics in Scotland, 1850-1880

PART III: THE CHALLENGE OF LABOUR, 1880-1914

13. Interpretations

14. Relative Economic Decline and the Problem of Poverty, 1880-1914

15. Drink, Football and Sectarianism: Working-Class Culture in Scotland, 1880-1914

16. Skill under Pressure: Changes in the Workplace, 1880-1914

17. Trade Unionism on the March, 1880-1914

18. The Challenge of Socialism, 1880-1914

PART IV: WAR, DEPRESSION AND THE REMAKING OF LABOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1914-1945

19. Interpretations

20. 'Starving in the Midst of Plenty': Economic Depression and the Social Impact of Mass Unemployment, 1914-1945

21. Billies and Dans in the Jazz Age: Working-Class Culture and the Labour Movement in Scotland, 1914-1945

22. Technological Change and the Skilled Worker, 1914-1945

23. Trade Unionism in a Cold Climate, 1914-1945

24. The Remaking of the Political Culture of the Scottish Working Class, 1914-1945

PART V: THE COLLAPSE OF THE CRAFT CULTURE AND THE RISE OF NEW LABOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1945-1990s

25. Interpretations

26. 'From Ships to Chips': Economic and Social Change in Scotland, 1945-1990s

27. The Affluent Worker? Working-Class Culture, 1945-1990s

28. The End of Skill? Work and Workplace Relations in Scotland, 1945-1990s

29. The Demise of Craft Unionism and the Rise of White-Collar Unions in Scotland, 1945-1990s

30. Labour and Nationalism: Working-Class Politics in Scotland, 1945-1990s

Select Bibliography

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-355) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6990-6