Martyn Ives

Reform, Revolution and Direct Action Amongst British Miners

The Struggle for the Charter in 1919

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Produktbeschreibung

In Reform, Revolution and Direct Action amongst British Miners, Martyn Ives reveals the full extent of the astonishing militancy of 1919, when revolutionaries led unofficial rank and file movements against government, mine owners and trade union leaders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9789004297012
• ISBN-10: 9004297014
• Artikelnr.: 45012029

Autorenporträt

Martyn Ives, Ph.D (Econ) in the Department of Government, Manchester University (1994). He currently works in television, where he is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction (with Paul Blackledge)
PART ONE
1. Political Alternatives in the Labour Movement in 1919
2. The Miners' Federation of Great Britain: Bureaucratic Reformists,
Militant Miners and the Development of the Miners' Charter
3. Fife and Lanarkshire
4. Nottinghamshire
5. South Wales
6. Selling Sankey
PART TWO
Introduction: A Background Sketch of the Summer's Crisis
7. Perspectives on Nationalisation in the Period of Manoeuvre
8. A Second Wave of Unrest
9. Yorkshire
10. The Demise of Direct Action and the Triumph of Electoralism
Bibliography
Index