Strikes and Solidarity
Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889–1966
- Authors:
- Roy Church, University of East Anglia
- Quentin Outram, University of Leeds
- Date Published: May 2002
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521894036
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In this important contribution to the study of industrial relations, Roy Church and Quentin Outram present research into the strike activity of British coalminers from the late nineteenth century to the mid-1960s. The authors consider not only the major national strikes and lock-outs which made the industry a byword for industrial militancy, but also the multitude of small-scale strikes which formed a routine part of British colliery lifes. Strikes and Solidarity, first published in 1998, is multi-disciplinary in approach and views coalfield conflict from the perspectives offered by sociologists, industrial relations specialists, and economists, as well as social and economic historians. Church and Outram have successfully blended quantitative and qualitative investigations to explain the long-standing issues presented by industrial relations in the coalfields.
Read more- Multi-disciplinary approach
- Combines quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Challenges received interpretations of mining strikes and miners' solidarity
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'… this outstanding book … fundamentally reassesses major themes in the history of one of Britain's major industries, develops a new model for strike analysis, and, in reasserting the significance of industrial relations, promises to revitalise labour history … It is a marriage of history and social science of the very highest quality and should command a wide readership.' Kenneth Brown, The Times Higher Education Supplement
See more reviews'… an impressive and exhaustive study by two scholars with established reputations in this field.' Political Studies
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- Date Published: May 2002
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521894036
- length: 336 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.666kg
- contains: 46 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of figures and tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Interpreting coalfield conflict: focus and formulations
2. Tradition and modernity: the mining industry 1889–1940
3. Employers and workers: organizations and strategies
4. Employers and workers: ideologies, attitudes and political orientations
5. Configurations of strike activity
6. Strike participation and solidarity before 1912
7. Strikes, organization and consciousness in 1912 and after
8. Conflictual context? The 'isolated mass' revisited
9. Mining and modernity: size, sectionalism and solidarity
10. The foundations of strike propensity
11. Miners and management: agency and action
12. Industrial relations and strikes after nationalization
13. International perspectives
14. Myths and realities: strikes, solidarity and 'militant miners'
General appendix.
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