The Great Labour Unrest : Rank-and-file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield /

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This book examines the struggle between liberals, socialists and revolutionary syndicalists for control of Britain's best established district miners' union. Drawing widely on a vast and rich body of primary sources, the book reveals the debates that grassroots activists had during this th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mates, Lewis H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Durham Miners' Association.
Industrial relations > Government policy > Great Britain > History.
Coal miners > Labor unions > England > Durham (County) > History.
Great Britain > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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