Shadow of the Mine - Coal and the End of Industrial Britain

The Miners' Strike - 40 Years On

List of contents

List of Maps
List of Tables and Figures

Introduction

1. Two Coalfields, Two Labour Traditions
2. State Ownership
3. Power Politics
4. From Heath to Thatcher
5. Conflagration: The State Against the Miners
6. Of Managers and Markets
7. Thatcher's Redundant Entrepreneurs
8. Sticking Together and Falling Apart
9. Regeneration?
10. ‘Just Jobs’
11. The Fabric of Decline
12. Tragic Outcomes
13. Monsters and Ghosts
14. Building from the Past
15. The People Speak Out

Conclusions and Reflections
Postscript

Acknowledgements
Note on Sources
Notes
Index

About the author

Huw Beynon and Ray Hudson

Summary

The Miners' Strike - 40 Years On

Product details

• Authors: Huw Beynon, Ray Hudson, Ray Beynon Hudson, Hudson Ray
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2024
• EAN: 9781839767982
• ISBN: 978-1-83976-798-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history