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The Keelmen of Tyneside : Labour Organisation and Conflict in the North-East Coal Industry, 1600-1830.
This book provides much fascinating detail on what the keelmen did - transporting coal from the upper river to ships at the river's mouth; and on how they acquired their reputation for roughness and independence.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge : Brewer,
Boydell & amp ;
2011.
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| Colección: | Regions and regionalism in history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY; INTRODUCTION: The Keelmen and their Masters; 1 Early Troubles, 1633-99; 2 The Keelmen's Charity, 1699-1712: Success, Conflict and Collapse; 3 The Keelmen's Charity: Attempts at Revival, 1717-70; 4 The Charity Established; 5 Combinations and Strikes 1710-38; 6 The 'Villainous Riot' of 1740 and its Aftermath; 7 The Strikes of 1744 and 1750; 8 The Appeal to Parliament; 9 A New Threat; 10 The Impressment of Keelmen; 11 The Strike of 1809: The Keelmen Prevail; 12 The Strike of 1819: A Partial Victory.
- 13 'The Long Stop' of 1822: The Keelmen Defeated14 The Keelmen Go To Law; 15 The Decline of the Keelmen; 16 The Magistrates and the Keelmen; 17 The Keelmen and Trade Unionism; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover.