Fighting Deindustrialisation: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

Author:   Andy Clark
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   19
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9781802077124


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 January 2023
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Author:   Andy Clark
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   19
ISBN:  

9781802077124


ISBN 10:   180207712
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Introduction: ‘Not our jobs to sell’ Chapter 1: ‘No way could ye get another job’: The development of deindustrialisation studies Chapter 2: ‘Why the hell are ye takin’ the job aff me?’ Theorising Collective Action Chapter 3: ‘Ah mean, the young anes don’t know wit a factory is’: Scotland’s economy and women’s working lives in the twentieth-century Chapter 4: ‘Wait a minute, wit have we actually just said here?’ The Lee Jeans Occupation Chapter 5: ‘We were frightened it wis aw’ gonnae go abroad and we’d be oot the factory’: The Lovable Occupation Chapter 6: ‘We felt like criminals! And we wurnae, we were just fightin’ for wur job’: The Plessey Capacitors Occupation Chapter 7: ‘It wisnae as if we’re sittin’ there wi’ nae work’: Injustice, solidarity, and the mobilisation of the workers Chapter 8: ‘There is nothing there for us and nothing for the future. We are going to battle – we are not moving’: Deindustrial Contexts Chapter 9: ‘Ye never think that somebody’s gonnae come along and ask ye questions aboot it’: The turn to memory Conclusion: ‘Ah’m part ae that wee bit of history’ Appendix A: Interviewee Details Bibliography

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Andy Clark is a Research Associate in oral history with the Newcastle Oral History Collective, Newcastle University.

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