THE BATTLE FOR GEORGE SQUARE 1919 de GORDON BARCLAY, LOUISE HEREN
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- THE BATTLE FOR GEORGE SQUARE 1919
- GORDON BARCLAY, LOUISE HEREN
- Idioma: Inglés
- Formatos: Pdf, ePub, MOBI, FB2
- ISBN: 9781788858519
- Editorial: John Donald
- Año de edición: 2025
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Overview
The Battle of George Square, a riot during the Forty Hours Strike in Glasgow, on 31 January 1919, is routinely claimed to be one of the most iconic events in Scottish working-class history. It is also the most mythologised. For a century, the narrative created for the defence of the strike leaders charged with incitement to riot – an unprovoked attack on a peaceful crowd as an act of oppression – has been repeated uncritically by academic and popular writers. Mythology has almost completely replaced reality, most notably in the Scottish education system, where educational materials have been described by two prominent historians as, arrant propaganda and a perversion of history. Now, Gordon Barclay and Louise Heren have undertaken a meticulous examination of the contemporary evidence to tell a more complex story. In doing so they examine the ways writers have failed to subject the celebratory mythology of this iconic event to adequate scrutiny. They document the creation of the mythology, from the writings of the strike leaders to those who use the mythology of the Battle to promote their own politics. They also examine the legal basis and reality of the military deployment to Glasgow in the aftermath of the riot.
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