The Shadow of the Mine
Coal and the End of Industrial Britain
No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday - and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed.Coal was central to the British economy, powering its factories and railways. It carried political weight, too. In the eighties the miners risked everything in a year-long strike against Thatcher's shutdowns. Defeat foretold the death of their industry. Tens of thousands were cast onto the labour market with a minimum amount of advice and support.Yet British politics all of a sudden revolves around the coalfield constituencies that lent their votes t…
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Weitere Autoren: Hudson, Ray
- ISBN: 978-1-83976-156-0
- EAN: 9781839761560
- Produktnummer: 36707063
- Verlag: Verso
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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