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1 online resource (x, 351 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Historical materialism book series,
1570-1522 ;
volume 123
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Historical materialism book series ; 123.
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| Summary |
"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"--Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / with Paul Blackledge -- Part One -- 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 -- Part Two -- 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 triumph of electoralism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Miners' Federation of Great Britain -- History.
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Miners' Federation of Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Great Britain. Royal Commission on Coal Industry 1919 -- History.
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Great Britain. Royal Commission on Coal Industry 1919. |
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Coal miners -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Coal miners -- Political activity. |
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Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Coal miners. |
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Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining. |
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Radicals -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Radicals. |
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Charters -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Charters. |
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Coal mines and mining -- Government ownership -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Coal mines and mining -- Government ownership. |
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Labor movement -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Labor movement. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ives, Martyn. Reform, revolution and direct action amongst British miners. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016] 9789004297012 (DLC) 2016026007 |
| ISBN |
9789004326002 (electronic book) |
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9004326006 (electronic book) |
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9789004297012 (hardcover acid-free paper) |
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