JUTE NO MORE: TRANSFORMING DUNDEE (PB)

As the Victorian era drew to a close, Dundee was the world's jute manufacturing capital - 'Juteopolis'. But behind that success was a harsh working environment and low wages, especially for the predominantly female workforce. There was appalling social distress, resulting in part from abysmal living conditions. As the twentieth century dawned, a new Dundee was in the making. This book traces the process of industrial decline and its social and political reverberations. A remarkable story of urban transformation. Over 60 images, most of them published for the first time.