Routledge Revivals: Miners, Quarrymen and Saltworkers (1977)

Informationen zum Autor Raphael Samuel Zusammenfassung Industrial discipline in mining! quarrying! brickmaking and other classes of mineral work was very different to that in nineteenth-century factories and mills. First published in 1977! this book deals with mineral workers of every class and discusses the peculiarities and common features of their work. It offers three detailed local studies: pit life in County Durham! slate quarrying in North Wales! and saltworkers in Cheshire alongside an introductory section on mineral workers in general. The author is concerned with the family and community setting; the social relationships at the point of production itself; job control and trade unionism; and with material culture! wages and earnings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on contributors; General editor's introduction; Part 1 Mineral Workers Raphael Samuel Part 2 Y chwarelwyr: the slate quarrymen of north Wales Merfyn Jones Part 3 Cheshire saltworkers Brian Didsbury Part 4 The Durham pitman Dave Douglass Part 5 Pit talk in county Durham Dave Douglass; Subject index; Index of places

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Samuel
• Assisted by: Raphael Samuel (Editor), Samuel Raphael (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138213586
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21358-6
• No. of pages: 363
• Series: Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series; Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; History, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Rural communities, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Mining Industry, Violence and abuse in society, Agribusiness and primary industries