Industrial Politics and the 1926 Mining Lock-out: The Struggle for Dignity
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Industrial Politics and the 1926 Mining Lock-out: The Struggle for Dignity
By (Author) Alan Campbell
Edited by Keith Gildart
Edited by John McIlroy
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
10th December 2004
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Industrial relations, occupational health and safety
Social and cultural history
Extractive industries
331.892822334094109042
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
603g
Description
Industrial Politics is a significant contribution to the social and political history of the industrial working class in 1926, drawing on new methodological perspectives that have emerged in recent years relating to the study of labour. The seven-month national mining lock-out of 1926 was one of the most important industrial disputes of the twentieth century. It came to symbolize the defeat of the labour movement in the interwar years, casting a long shadow over industrial relations in the mining industry, and epitomizing the predicament of British miners in the early decades of the century. However, despite its massive impact on the lives of so many, unlike the General Strike, the 1926 lock-out has attracted relatively little scholarly interest. Industrial Politics provides a comprehensive survey of the lock-out at national, regional and local levels, utilizing archive sources and newly-accessible documents. In addition to a full historical overview and chronology, individual chapters consider the contexts for the lock-out, ranging from the crisis of 1926 to the unions and the owners, offer regional perspectives from north and south Wales, Scotland and Lancashire, and examine specific themes such as gender and community, policing and public order, and the communist party.
Reviews
'This volume of essays provides a welcome contribution to our understanding of the history of the miners between the wars. It is scholarly and judicious, but often passionate, disputatious and eloquent...' Tribune
Author Bio
Alan Campbell is a Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool and the author of many books and articles on the social and labour history of British mining. Keith Gildart is a Research Fellow in Politics at the University of York. John McIlroy is reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester and has published many books and articles on the labour movement.
