Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

Industrial Politics and the 1926 Mining Lock-out

The Struggle for Dignity

Av Alan Campbell, John McIlroy, Keith Gildart, Alan Campbell, John McIlroy, Keith Gildart

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"Industrial Politics" is a significant contribution to the social and political history of the industrial working class in 1926, drawing on new methodological perspectives that have emerged in recent years relating to the study of labour. The seven-month national mining lock-out of 1926 was one of the most important industrial disputes of the twentieth century. It came to symbolize the defeat of the labour movement in the interwar years, casting a long shadow over industrial relations in the mining industry, and epitomizing the predicament of British miners in the early decades of the century. However, despite its massive impact on the lives of so many, unlike the General Strike, the 1926 lock-out has attracted relatively little scholarly interest. Industrial Politics provides a comprehensive survey of the lock-out at national, regional and local levels, utilizing archive sources and newly-accessible documents. In addition to a full historical overview and chronology, individual chapters consider the contexts for the lock-out, ranging from the crisis of 1926 to the unions and the owners, offer regional perspectives from north and south Wales, Scotland and Lancashire, and examine specific themes such as gender and community, policing and public order, and the communist party.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2004-09-02
Mått: 138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt: 603 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 256
Förlag: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 9780708318201

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Alan Campbell is a Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool and the author of many books and articles on the social and labour history of British mining. Keith Gildart is a Research Fellow in Politics at the University of York. John McIlroy is reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester and has published many books and articles on the labour movement.

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'This volume of essays provides a welcome contribution to our understanding of the history of the miners between the wars. It is scholarly and judicious, but often passionate, disputatious and eloquent...' Tribune "This volume offers a detailed study of one of the major disputes in twentieth-century British history. The thirteen contributions provide a comprehensive survey of the lockout at national, regional and local levels." International Review of Social History Vol. 51 Part 3"This is a book that celebrates defiance and resistance but which also concentrates upon strategic questions at the heart of making and remaking the working class. Nothing could be timelier, either in Britain or here in Australia."Robert Bollard, Victoria University, Labour History, Number 91

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