Losers
Ross McKibbin, 23 October 1986
The Politics of the UCS Work-In: Class Alliances and the Right to Work
by John Foster and Charles Woolfson.
Lawrence and Wishart, 446 pp., £9.95, July 1986,0 85315 663 8 Show More
by John Foster and Charles Woolfson.
Lawrence and Wishart, 446 pp., £9.95, July 1986,
A Lost Left: Three Studies in Socialism and Nationalism
by David Howell.
Manchester, 351 pp., £29.95, July 1986,0 7190 1959 1 Show More
by David Howell.
Manchester, 351 pp., £29.95, July 1986,
The Miners’ Strike 1984-5: Loss without Limit
by Martin Adeney and John Lloyd.
Routledge, 319 pp., £14.95, October 1986,0 7102 0694 1 Show More
by Martin Adeney and John Lloyd.
Routledge, 319 pp., £14.95, October 1986,
Red Hill: A Mining Community
by Tony Parker.
Heinemann, 196 pp., £9.95, October 1986,0 434 57771 5 Show More
by Tony Parker.
Heinemann, 196 pp., £9.95, October 1986,
Strike Free: New Industrial Relations in Britain
by Philip Bassett.
Macmillan, 197 pp., £10.95, August 1986,9780333418000 Show More
by Philip Bassett.
Macmillan, 197 pp., £10.95, August 1986,
“... ruins of industrial Glasgow with the compelling CP shop-steward of 1971. Yet as Foster and Woolfson argue, the work-in was a definite moment in Scottish history and not just a symbol. The strength of their book lies in its structural analysis: the fate of the Clyde shipyards is placed firmly in the context of the Scottish and international ... ”
