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Ten Per Cent and No Surrender - The Preston Strike, 1853-1854 (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,023
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Ten Per Cent and No Surrender - The Preston Strike, 1853-1854 (Paperback): H.I. Dutton, J.E. King

Ten Per Cent and No Surrender - The Preston Strike, 1853-1854 (Paperback)

H.I. Dutton, J.E. King

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This is a study of industrial unrest in the cotton industry at a time when the economy was on the threshold of mid-Victorian prosperity, and when Chartism was still much more than a memory. The town of Preston was the crucial battlefield, and here the masters and men fought out a bitter trial of strength. The strike of 1853-54 closed the Preston cotton industry for seven months, and disrupted production in many other towns in Lancashire. Against the implacable opposition of the masters, the strikers toured the country to organize support, and raised GBP100,000 in subscriptions from their fellow operatives. The dispute featured prominently in the national and provincial press, and the weavers' delegates, notably George Cowell and Mortimer Grimshaw, became celebrities overnight. After five months, the employers brought in blackleg labour, and when the detested `knobsticks' failed to break the strike they had the operatives' leaders arrested. These moves did not deter the cotton workers, who were forced back to work only when their financial reserves were exhausted. Their campaign ended defiantly, as it had begun, with cries of `Ten Per Cent still, and no surrender'. This book is their story.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2008
First published: May 2008
Authors: H.I. Dutton • J.E. King
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-07257-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Textile industries
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Strikes
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-521-07257-3
Barcode: 9780521072571

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