Decline of Jute

'This superb book deserves to be considered for a prize...a remarkable achievement.' -- Gordon Stewart EH.net 'Some themes of the book will be of interest to specialist readers: a great deal of information about Dundee and its relationship with the national government is presented, and the authors give a good analysis of the "gendered character of the industry's labour force"'. Journal of British Studies

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Story up to 1939; Chapter 2 De-Globalization and Decline, 1939–99; Chapter 3 The Industry and its Workforce; Chapter 4 Defending the Domestic Industry; Chapter 5 Firms’ Responses to the Decline of the Industry; Chapter 6 Influencing Government; Chapter 7 The Decline of Jute and the Economic Health of Dundee; conclusion Conclusions;