Glasgow 1919 : the rise of Red Clydeside
MacAskill, Kenny2019
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On the 31st January 1919 Glasgow was in the midst of a strike for a 40-hour week. A demonstration in George Square saw the Red Flag hoisted and panicked police baton charge the milling crowd. The War Cabinet in London monitoring the developing situation had declined pre-emptive arrests of strike leaders, but now unleashed the military. That evening 10,000 British soldiers started to arrive in the city, supported by tanks and guns. Howitzers protruded from the City Chambers and barbed wire surrounded it. Armed soldiers guarded critical sites and tanks were based at the cattle market. Images of these events have entered collective memory of the city's inhabitants.
Main title:
Glasgow 1919 : the rise of Red Clydeside / Kenny MacAskill.
Author:
MacAskill, Kenny, author
Imprint:
London : Biteback Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:
9781785904547 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.44083941.44941.440941.4408
LC class:
DA890.G5
Local class:
941.44083
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2397415
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