| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Critical labour movement studies
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Critical labour movement studies series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This is a major re-evaluation of the 1984-5 Miners' Strike, which was a central event in Britain's recent economic, industrial and political history, and the first book to show the pivotal and distinctive nature of the strike in Scotland. The book's particular strengths address the limits of current understanding of the meaning and character of the strike. |
| Contents |
1. Origins and outbreak -- Collieries, communities and coalfield politics -- Closures and workplace conflict: the origins of the strike -- 2. The strike -- The Scottish industrial politics of the strike -- Communities and commitment -- Ending and aftermath -- Legacy and conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coal Strike (Great Britain : 1984-1985) |
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Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Scotland.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining. |
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Scotland. |
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Scotland -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Scotland -- Economic conditions -- 1973-
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1973- |
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Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780719086328 |
| ISBN |
9781781704691 (electronic book) |
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1781704694 (electronic book) |
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9781781704448 (electronic book) |
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1781704449 (electronic book) |
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9781526130600 (electronic book) |
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1526130602 (electronic book) |
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9780719086328 |
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0719086329 |
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