Mining Men - Britain's Last Kings of the Coalface

A powerful, enlightening study of the beauty and brutality of British coal mining , and a hymn to the men who were born into and lived through the mining way of life - told through their authentic voices, it is essential reading for those who care about the social and political effects of coal mining history, and the history of us working-class.''>

About the author

Emily P Webber completed a PhD at the University of Reading and University of Exeter, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her research focused on masculinity and the British mining industry from nationalization in 1947 through to pit closures at the end of the twentieth century. Over the last few years, she has spoken to over a hundred miners, collecting their memories of the industry, and travelled across Britain’s former mining communities.

She was previously the Research Manager of the Imperial War Museum and contributed to several public-facing publications and acted as a curator for the award-winning Holocaust Exhibition. She is passionate about bringing history to wider audiences – and was recently selected as one of fifteen successful candidates for the Television Festival’s TV PhD Talent Scheme. She was also awarded the University of Reading’s PhD Researcher of the Year award for the Humanities. She has presented her research at conferences both in the UK and overseas, including at Northwestern University, the Institute of Historical Research, and the University of Birmingham, and she has published in History Workshop Journal, Contemporary British History and Twentieth Century History. She has also written for Time Out London.

Product details

• Authors: Emily P Webber
• Publisher: Chatto and Windus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2025
• EAN: 9781784745448
• ISBN: 978-1-78474-544-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 240 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Trade Unions, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: men and boys, Mining Industry, Sociology: work and labour, c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), Extractive industries, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Social groups, communities and identities