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The great labour unrest : rank-and-file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield /
This book examines the struggle between liberals, socialists and revolutionary syndicalists for control of Britain's best established district miners' union.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Manchester Political Studies
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Great Labour Unrest; Contents; List of tables and figures ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Map of the Durham coalfield, 1914 ; 1 Historiographical introduction; 2 Structures, agents and the ILP's high tide; 3 The Eight Hours Act and the Eight Hours Agreement in the Durham coalfield; 4' Not exactly the millennium' The minimum wage campaign; 5' A capitalistic piece of legislation' The launch of the Durham Forward Movement and the syndicalists' high tide?; 6 'Trade union questions were now political questions' Defeats, victories and new strategies ; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography.