Deindustrialisation and the Moral Economy in Scotland Since 1955

by Valerie Wright, Jim Phillips, Jim Tomlinson

Book Overview

Deindustrialisation is the central feature of Scotland's economic, social and political history since the 1950s, when employment levels peaked in the established sectors of coal, shipbuilding, metals and textiles, along with the railways and docks. This book moves analysis beyond outmoded tropes of economic decline and industrial catastrophe, and instead examines the political economy of deindustrialisation with a sharp eye on cultural and social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474479251
• ISBN13: 9781474479257
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"