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Research Article

Being a ‘Clydesider’ in the age of deindustrialisation: skilled male identity and economic restructuring in the West of Scotland since the 1960s

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Pages 151-169 | Received 22 Feb 2019, Accepted 04 Aug 2019, Published online: 22 Sep 2019

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