Disturbed Dublin. The Story of the Great Strike of 1913-14.
Book ID: 63474
Price: €75.00
Disturbed Dublin. The Story of the Great Strike of 1913-14. With a Description of The Industries of the Irish Capital. London: Longmans, 1914. First Edition. Pp xii, 337. Light spotting to prelims, with previous owner’s name and library stamp to front free endpaper, otherwise very good in buckram.
James Plunkett, drew among other sources on Arnold Wright’s book which was published as the employers’ defence of the Lockout, and in which workers are referred to as “damaged material” due to their low standard of living and low energy levels born of poverty, a reminder of the extremity of the views being expressed at this time.
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