| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 311 pages) : illustrations, map |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; The Great Labour Unrest; Contents; List of tables and figures ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Map of the Durham coalfield, 1914 ; 1 Historiographical introduction; 2 Structures, agents and the ILP's high tide; 3 The Eight Hours Act and the Eight Hours Agreement in the Durham coalfield; 4' Not exactly the millennium' The minimum wage campaign; 5' A capitalistic piece of legislation' The launch of the Durham Forward Movement and the syndicalists' high tide?; 6 'Trade union questions were now political questions' Defeats, victories and new strategies ; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography. |
| Summary |
This book examines the struggle between liberals, socialists and revolutionary syndicalists for control of Britain's best established district miners' union. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Durham Miners' Association.
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Durham Miners' Association. |
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Coal miners -- Labor unions -- England -- Durham (County) -- History.
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Coal miners -- Labor unions. |
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England -- Durham (County) |
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History. |
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Industrial relations -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History.
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Industrial relations -- Government policy. |
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Great Britain. |
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Industrial relations. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Great labor unrest |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mates, Lewis H. Great labour unrest. 9780719090684 0719090687 (OCoLC)944305910 |
| ISBN |
9781526109620 (electronic book) |
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152610962X (electronic book) |
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9781784997595 (electronic book) |
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1784997595 (electronic book) |
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9780719090684 |
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0719090687 |
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