The 1926 miners' lockout : meanings of community in the Durham coalfield /

The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Opening with the heady days of the general strike, it continued for seven months and affected one million miners. In County Durham, where almost three in every ten adult men worked in the coal industry, its i...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Barron, Hester
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Zusammenfassung:
The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Opening with the heady days of the general strike, it continued for seven months and affected one million miners. In County Durham, where almost three in every ten adult men worked in the coal industry, its impact was profound. Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durham's miners and their families. She investigates collective values and behaviour, focusing particularly on the tensions between identities based around class and occupation, and the rival identities that could cut
Umfang:
1 online resource (331 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612383533
0-19-157241-1
1-282-38353-1
Schlagworte:
Coal trade > Social aspects > England > Durham (County).
Coal mines and mining > Social aspects > England > Durham (County).
Strikes and lockouts > Coal mining > England > Durham (County) > History > 20th century.
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