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The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End of Industrial Britain

Huw Beynon
4.17/5 (31 ratings)
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No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. Coal was central to the British economy, powering its factories and railways. It carried political weight, too. In the eighties the miners risked everything in a year-long strike against Thatchers shutdowns. Defeat foretold the death of their industry. Tens of thousands were cast onto the labour market with a minimum amount of advice and support. Yet British politics all of a sudden revolves around the coalfield constituencies that lent their votes to Boris Johnsons Conservatives in 2019. Even in the Welsh Valleys, where the red wall still stands, support for the Labour Party has halved in a generation. Huw Beynon and Ray Hudson draw on decades of research to chronicle these momentous changes through the words of the people who lived through them.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
384 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Verso
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1839761555
ISBN13:
9781839761553
kindle Asin:
B08KPG88R2

The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End of Industrial Britain

Huw Beynon
4.17/5 (31 ratings)
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No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. Coal was central to the British economy, powering its factories and railways. It carried political weight, too. In the eighties the miners risked everything in a year-long strike against Thatchers shutdowns. Defeat foretold the death of their industry. Tens of thousands were cast onto the labour market with a minimum amount of advice and support. Yet British politics all of a sudden revolves around the coalfield constituencies that lent their votes to Boris Johnsons Conservatives in 2019. Even in the Welsh Valleys, where the red wall still stands, support for the Labour Party has halved in a generation. Huw Beynon and Ray Hudson draw on decades of research to chronicle these momentous changes through the words of the people who lived through them.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
384 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Verso
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1839761555
ISBN13:
9781839761553
kindle Asin:
B08KPG88R2

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