Andrew Taylor

The NUM and British Politics (eBook, ePUB)

Volume 2: 1969-1995

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the second of two volumes examining the place of the National Union of Mineworkers in post-war British politics. Covering the years 1969 to 1995, it charts reactions to the pit closures program of the late 1950s and 1960s and the development of the NUM's reputation as the union that could topple governments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351963701
• Artikelnr.: 47956587

Autorenporträt

Andrew Taylor is a Professor at the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: General editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Acquiescence to activism; Heath and the miners; Plans for coal; The enemy within; Endgame; Coda; Bibliography; Index.

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Contents: Preface
Creating the new order
Inclusion or integration?
The politics of state capitalism
Conservatives and the NUM
The politics of industrial decline
The miners and Mr Wilson's New Britain
Bibliography
Index.

Rezensionen

'... Taylor's volume provides a very thorough account of one of the most pivotal events in British political history, while also skilfully placing the 1984-85 miners' strike and its aftermath in a wider historical and ideological context.' Journal of British Studies