1st Edition

A History of the Scottish Miners From the Earliest Times

By Robert Page Arnot Copyright 1955
512 Pages
by Routledge

512 Pages
by Routledge

512 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1955, A History of the Scottish Miners recounts the peculiar circumstances of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the laws that placed the miners under conditions unique in Europe. Carrying onto the nineteenth century, the author deals with the first trade unions, the period of Alexander McDonald and Keir Hardie, ending in the great strike of 1894 and the formation... Read more

Foreword Preface 1. Bondsmen 2. Child Labour and Chartism 3. The County Unions 4. The Great Strike of 1894 5. Conciliation on Trial 6. The Great Strike of 1912 7. War and its Sequel 8. The Lock-out of 1926 and its Aftermath 9. The World Economic Crisis 10. The Miners Against Fascism and War 11. The War Years 1939-45 12. Nationalisation 13. Wages and Hours under State Ownership 14. International Relations 15. Knockshinnoch 16. The Union Today Bibliography Index of Names General Index

Biography

R. Page Arnot