Hester Barron

The 1926 Miners' Lockout

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Produktbeschreibung

The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Investigating issues of collective identity and action, Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durham's miners and their families, illuminating wider debates about solidarity and fragmentation within working-class communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199575046
• ISBN-10: 0199575045
• Artikelnr.: 26885365

Autorenporträt

Hester Barron is Lecturer in History at the University of Sussex. She studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and completed her D.Phil. in November 2006. Her research focuses on twentieth-century British social history, particularly labour history and the history of the working classes in the early part of the century.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Tensions of Class and Region
2: The Testing of Political and Union Loyalties
3: The Attitudes of Women
4: Religious Identities
5: The Influence of Education
6: Memory and Experience
Conclusion