1st Edition
Routledge Revivals: The Enemy Within (1986) Pit Villages and the Miners' Strike of 1984-5
476 Pages
by
Routledge
476 Pages
by
Routledge
476 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1986, this book challenges the notion that the miners’ strike of 1984-5 was ‘Scargill’s Strike’. It shows some of the ways in which the strike, though nominally directed from above, was determined from below by multitudinous and often contradictory pressures — the lodge, the village and the home. The focus is essentially logical and gives particular attention to family economy,... Read more
Preface Raphael Samuel; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Introduction Raphael Samuel; 1 Preludes 2 Rumours 3 Start of the Strike 4 A Strike Diary 5 Riots 6 Self-Help 7 Letters from the Coalfield 8 Woman’s Groups 9 Profiles 10 Prison 11 The Return to Work 23 Afterthoughts; Name Index; Subject Index
Biography
Raphael Samuel, Barbara Bloomfield, Guy Bonas
