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The miners; a history of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain.
Robert Page Arnot 1890-1986
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Reform, revolution and direct action amongst British miners
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In Reform, Revolution and Direct Action amongst British Miners , Martyn Ives offers a new perspective on one of the most volatile periods in labour history. His research into the astonishing coalfield militancy of 1919 reveals it was a watershed year on a par with 1926. Indeed the General Strike was in many ways merely its dim echo. Whilst historians have skated over the labour unrest of 1919, Martyn Ives uncovers a remarkable incidence of unofficial mass strikes in the coalfields, waged against mine-owners, government and trade union leaders alike. Led by revolutionaries, and infused with political radicalism, this mass movement offered a glimpse of an alternative road to socialism, based upon the organised industrial power of the working class.
| Title |
Reform, revolution and direct action amongst British miners : the struggle for the Charter in 1919 / by Martyn Ives. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Leiden, [Netherlands] Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill |
| Creation Date |
2016 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
Front Matter -- Introduction -- Political Alternatives in the Labour Movement in 1919 -- The Miners’ Federation of Great Britain: Bureaucratic Reformists, Militant Miners and the Development of the Miners’ Charter -- Fife and Lanarkshire -- Nottinghamshire -- South Wales -- Selling Sankey -- Introduction: A Background Sketch of the Summer’s Crisis -- Perspectives on Nationalisation in the Period of Manoeuvre -- A Second Wave of Unrest -- Yorkshire -- The Demise of Direct Action and the Reconsolidation of Labour -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Series |
Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 Volume 123 |
| Extent |
1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2016 |
| National Library system number |
997010701082705171 |
MARC RECORDS
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- Miners' Federation of Great Britain History.
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Coal Industry 1919 History.
- Great Britain. Coal Industry Commission
- Coal Industry Commission (Great Britain)
- MFGB
- Coal miners Political activity Great Britain History 20th century.
- Strikes and lockouts Coal mining Great Britain History 20th century.
- Radicals Great Britain History 20th century.
- Charters Great Britain History 20th century.
- Coal mines and mining Government ownership Great Britain History 20th century.
- Labor movement Great Britain History 20th century.
- nne Labor and laboring classes
- Charters Law and legislation
- Documents
- Ideological extremists
- Political extremists
- Combinations of labor
- Lockouts
- Work stoppages
- Coal mining
- Collieries
- Colliers (Coal miners)
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