The British miner in the age of de-industrialization : a political and cultural history / Jörg Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, Jörg, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal miners--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Coal miners.

Coal mines and mining--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Coal mines and mining.

Deindustrialization--Great Britain.

Deindustrialization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This is a book which challenges received understandings of the place of the miner in contemporary British history, arguing that the British coal miners went through a cyclical movement - from loser to winner and back again - as Britain underwent a de-industrial revolution in the final decades of the 20th-century.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Preface

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Epigraph

Maps

Introduction: From Loser to Winner and Back Again

Theoretical Framework

Structure and Source Base

Part I. From Loser To Winner

1. 1967

Introduction: 'Down with the Mine!'

I

II

III

Conclusion

2. 1972

Introduction

3. 1977

4. 1981

I The Future of Coal

II The Nature of the Miners' Power

III Contested Pasts

IV Ordinary Miners

Part II. …And Back Again

5. 1984

IV

6. 1987

I Heroes and Villains

II The Future of Coal

III The Miners' Strike as History

IV Dreams of Escape

7. 1992

I Miners as Underdogs

II The NUM and the Campaign to Save Our Pits

III Resentment and Resignation

IV Life after Coal?

8. 1997

Conclusion: The British Miner in History

Appendix: Statistical Tables

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 26, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Arnold, Jörg The British Miner in the Age of De-Industrialization

ISBN:

0-19-199483-9

0-19-888771-X

0-19-888770-1

OCLC:

1399536768