Miners'' Strike, 19845 - Loss Without Limit

Informationen zum Autor Martin Adeney and John Lloyd Zusammenfassung This book, first published in 1986, examines the miners’ strike of 1984-5 – an event that formed the decisive break with a forty-year-old British tradition of political and industrial compromise. It assesses the strike’s full implications, and puts it into its historical and political context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Choice 2. The Coal Question 3. ‘There’s Only One Arthur Scargill’ 4. ‘A Hoary Old Bastard Who Only Wants To Win’ 5. Fear of the Abyss 6. Here We Go 7. ‘No Request for Assistance’ 8. ‘The Right to Go to Work’ 9. Inside Hobart House 10. ‘The Government Is Not Involved’ 11. No Other Industry Could Do It 12. ‘Our Enemies’ Front-Line Troops’ 13. Enough Of Being Spat At 14. ‘Your Members Have Yet To Be Heard’

Product details

• Authors: Martin Adeney, Martin Lloyd Adeney, Adeney Martin, John Lloyd
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781032014821
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3201482-1
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Mining Industry, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Agribusiness and primary industries, Industrialisation and industrial history