Miners: Years of Struggle - A History of Miners Federation of Great Britain From 1910 Onwards

First published in 1953, The Miners: Years of Struggle is the official history of the British miners, which draws on original sources, moving into the stormy period when the economic bargaining of the million colliery employees with the mine owners became the concern of Parliament and people. The great strike of 1921; the stoppages of 1921 and 1926 (the latter opening with the General Strike); and how successive administrations met those crises - these form an historical matrix from which the present public ownership inevitably emerged. The conflict of ideas and personalities is shown as part of the struggles of these stormy times. This book will be of interest to students of history, sociology, economics and political science.

List of contents

Foreword Preface 1. The Passing of An Epoch 2. A Dangerous Trade 3. Strife, 1910-1911 4. The Minimum Wage Strike of 1912 5. Before the First World War 6. The Miners in Wartime 7. The Sankey Commission 8. The Sankey Report and After 9. Wages Following Prices 10. The Great Lock-out of 1921 11. The Revival of 1924-25 12. The Nine Months 13. The General Strike 14. The Great Lock-out of 1926 15. The Aftermath General Appendices Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Robert Page Arnot, Arnot Robert Page
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032537832
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253783-2
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Mining Industry, Extractive industries