Reform, Revolution and Direct Action amongst British Miners - The Struggle for the Charter in 1919

In this riveting monograph, Ives offers a new perspective on one of the most volatile periods in British labor history.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction (with Paul Blackledge)

PART ONE

1. Political Alternatives in the Labour Movement in 1919
2. The Miners’ Federation of Great Britain: Bureaucratic Reformists, Militant Miners and the Development of the Miners’ Charter
3. Fife and Lanarkshire
4. Nottinghamshire
5. South Wales
6. Selling Sankey

PART TWO

Introduction: A Background Sketch of the Summer’s Crisis
7. Perspectives on Nationalisation in the Period of Manoeuvre
8. A Second Wave of Unrest
9. Yorkshire
10. The Demise of Direct Action and the Triumph of Electoralism

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Martyn Ives, Ph.D (Econ) in the Department of Government, Manchester University (1994). He currently works in television, where he is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer.

Summary

In this riveting monograph, Ives offers a new perspective on one of the most volatile periods in British labor history.

Foreword

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Published to coincide with the annual Historical Materialism conference

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Additional text

“This is a very long overdue book. It reveals a period of the most extraordinary militancy by the largest group of organised workers in Britain, a phenomenon which has largely been ignored. In 1919, as a revolutionary wave swept Europe, mass strikes gripped British coalfields waged against the coal owners, the government and the miners’ own national and regional union officials.” –Socialist Review

Product details

• Authors: Martyn Ives, Ives Martyn
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2018
• EAN: 9781608468195
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-819-5
• Series: Historical Materialism; Historical Materialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; European History, HISTORY / Social History, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Strikes, Mining Industry, Political ideologies and movements, Agribusiness and primary industries, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety