Part 1: getting the coal - mining systems and roof support
draining the workings
ventilation and illumination
getting the coal to bank
underground haulage
conclusion; the coal owners - landowners and entrepreneurs
management
conclusion; the miners - tommy shops
beer and bonds
discipline
religion
recreation and entertainment
appendices; transport and marketing - roads
canals and railways
monopoly and competition; the emergence of a county miner's union - the first union in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire coalfield (1844)
the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Miners' Association (1863)
conclusion. Part 2: the exploitation of the concealed coalfield 1850-1900 - transport and marketing
capital and enterprise
labour
conclusion
appendices; the Nottinghamshire Miners' Association - formation and consolidation - 1881-1892 - the constitution of the association
disputes
organization and leadership
conclusion; the 1893 lockout and its consequences - the lockout
the federated area conciliation board
the Leen valley
conclusion; the development of the Mansfield area 1890-1926 - capital and profits
labour
housing and welfare
wartime controls
after the war; the Nottinghamshire Miners' Association - its period of maturity and growth 1893-1920 - the movement of wage rates
organization and leadership
local disputes
eight-hour day and minimum wage agitations
political developments
break-up of the federated area
conclusion
appendices. Part 3: the uneasy peace 1919-1924 - the Sankey reports
the Datum Line strike
the 1921 lockout
the miners' Indian summer
conclusion; the 1926 lockout -causes and consequences - preliminary skirmishes
the Samuel Commission
the general strike
the course of the lockout
the breakaway
conclusion
appendix; the Nottinghamshire coalfield stagnates 1927-1939 - output restriction
capital and enterprise
labour
conclusion
appendix; the Second World War and after
1939-1947 - production in wartime
labour in wartime
wages and profits in wartime
the nationalization issue
appendices; Spencerism - the origins of Spencerism
the development of the Spencer union
the end of the Spencer union
a new dispensation
conclusion.
