The great labour unrest : rank-and-file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield / Lewis H. Mates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mates, Lewis H., author.

Series:

Manchester Political Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durham Miners' Association.

Coal miners--Labor unions--England--Durham (County)--History.

Coal miners.

Coal miners--England--Durham (County)--Political activity--History.

Industrial relations--Government policy--Great Britain--History.

Industrial relations.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1901-1936.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 311 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text analyses the battle for ideological and actual control of the Durham Miners' Association between Liberals, socialists and syndicalists in the tumultuous period prior to the First World War.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 27, 2026).

ISBN:

9781784998035

1784998036

9781526109620

152610962X

9781784997595

1784997595

OCLC:

980791855