1st Edition
South Wales Miners: Glowyr de Cymru A History of the South Wales Miners' Federation (1914-1926)
By Robert Page Arnot
Copyright 1975
395 Pages
by
Routledge
395 Pages
by
Routledge
395 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1975, South Wales Miners starts with the War of Empires, when nearly 50,000 Welsh miners, almost one-fifth of the total manpower of their coalfield, responded to the call and voluntarily enlisted in the British armed forces. The author uncovers how the coalowners in the meantime took advantage of the war emergency to deny the remaining miners a fair recompense for their toil... Read more
Foreword Preface 1. The Outbreak of War 2. Troubles on the Home Front 3. A Climacteric Year 4. The Aftermath in 1915: War’s Alarm in 1916 5. Under the State Control 6. The Spirit of Revolution 7. The Valley of Humiliation 8. A Year of Good Hope 9. Riotous Assembly in the Anthracite 10. Seven Months’ Lockout Indexes
Biography
R. Page Arnot
