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From the cradle to the coalmine : the story of children in Welsh mines / Ceri Thompson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thompson, Ceri, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coal mines and mining--Wales--History.
Coal mines and mining.
Coal miners--Wales--History.
Coal miners.
Child labor--Wales--History.
Child labor.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (114 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This is an accessible, richly illustrated book, telling the story of the children and young people who worked in the Welsh coalfields.
Contents:
Cover; List of illustrations; Chronology of important dates; Introduction; Child miners: the 1842 commission; 'Collier boys': the coal boom, 1850's to the 1920's; Mining trainees: from depression to nationalisation,1920's to the 1980's; Child miners today; Further reading; Index; Back Cover
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2015).
ISBN:
9781783161546
178316154X
9781783160556
1783160551
OCLC:
876512288

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