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Mining Men : Britain’s Last Kings of the Coalface

Mining Men : Britain’s Last Kings of the CoalfaceBy: Emily P Webber

£12.99

Product Code: 9781529921502

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Brand:Emily P Webber
Weight 0.248 kg
Dimensions 12.9 × 2.7 × 19.8 cm

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The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs. Combining new personal interviews with extensive archival research, Emily P. Webber illuminates the extraordinary history of the industry once considered the backbone of Britain. By situating the miners’ strike of 1984–85 in a longer history of the coalfields, we can understand why miners and their families fought so hard against pit closures, and what happened after the pit wheels stopped turning. Vivid, evocative and richly alive with minute detail, Mining Men explores what the mining industry once meant to its workers and their communities, and what Britain lost when it was gone.

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