Silvertown : the lost story of a strike that shook London and helped launch the modern labor movement /
Tully, John A.(John Andrew),author.
Published in the UK by: Lawrence & Wishart.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Foreword / by John Callow -- Introductory comment / by John Marriott -- Preface -- Prologue: Wednesday 11, September 1889 -- Introduction to a forgotten struggle -- Samuel Silver's palace of industry -- Great sacrifice, great barbarism -- A time of hope -- "They want my life's blood" -- The strike gains momentum -- The workers disunited : skilled vs. unskilled at Silvertown -- "There is no justice, mercy or compassion in the plutocracy" -- November: hunger and cold -- The great strike collapses -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
Rubber industry and trade
Strikes
Labor movement
Labor unions
Socialism