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...accounts of Scotland’s social and political history that do not refer in some way or another to the events of Red Clydeside. As highlighted in these pages, the controversy around the meaning of Red Clydeside for trade unionists, historians, academics and political activists remains a potent source of political debate. The Red Clyde has also become an important...

...accounts of the role of women in workplaces disputes, strikes and struggles more generally across many different sectors of Scottish industry and society. Covering a century and more of workplace-based conflict from across Scotland, it seeks to provide a resource that can be used by generations of trade union members, labour movement activists, researchers and academics....

...account of sugar can be found in Darra Goldstein's huge book, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets (2015). Current students may want to look at DTS206's block on food, affluent diets and their effects on the environment. Steve Pile is Professor of Human Geography. He is currently writing about electricity for the new Environment and Society module, D213, which you...

...account to Orfahli so he could post Tweets about his journey. On a boat to Italy w/ 234 other refugees and migrants. Their strength is unbelievable. #ShareHumanity -@ThairDamascus pic.twitter.com/YUe47RMHMG — Cody Simpson (@CodySimpson) August 13, 2015 There were elderly, pregnant women and small children on the trip. “Everybody was scared. We [didn't] have food, we...

...account of the following interconnected developments: The rapid industrialisation and urbanisation of Glasgow and Clydeside in the Victorian era Britain’s imperial expansion during the nineteenth century Rising global tensions and the outbreak of World War One Mass immigration into Glasgow The Highland Clearances, 1770s to late 1800s Legacies of famine in Ireland,...