This is the first book devoted to an oral history of a British university during the 'swinging sixties'. Students, lecturers and support staff are interviewed about teaching and working on campus in the mid-twentieth century. Told in their own words, it is a story of struggle and sacrifice, pride and commitment. It reveals how the modern university transformed lives, how new technologies propelled path-breaking research, and how with new skills its graduates could remodel society.The University of Strathclyde was created in central Glasgow in 1964 from the merger of two higher-education...
This is the first book devoted to an oral history of a British university during the 'swinging sixties'. Students, lecturers and support staff are int...
During the first half of the twentieth century, Glasgow was witness to an unparalleled wave of working class protest and political agitation. The protesters challenged the capitalist social order and also, on occasion, the state itself. What was the legacy of this turbulence and upheaval which reinforced Glasgow's reputation as the center of working class struggle in Britain?
In this original and meticulously researched analysis, Neil Rafeek makes the first systematic study of ""Red Clydeside,"" the term given to Communism, radical Labor and trade Unionism in Scotland, a legendary...
During the first half of the twentieth century, Glasgow was witness to an unparalleled wave of working class protest and political agitation. The p...
