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Images of the Past: The Miners´ Strike
Mark Metcalf
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Description for Images of the Past: The Miners´ Strike
Paperback. Includes some never previously seen before images to serve as a unique social document on the dispute that changed the face of Britain. The coal miners' strike of 1984/5 was the longest national strike in British history Num Pages: 224 pages, 160 b&w images integrated. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCF; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 646.
In addition to being the most bitter industrial dispute the coalminers' strike of 1984/5 was the longest national strike in British history. For a year over 100,000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers, their families and supporters, in hundreds of communities, battled to prevent the decimation of the coal industry on which their livelihoods and communities depended. Margaret Thatcher's government aimed to smash the most militant section of the British working class. She wanted to usher in a new era of greater management control at work and pave the way for a radical refashioning of society in favour of ... Read more
In addition to being the most bitter industrial dispute the coalminers' strike of 1984/5 was the longest national strike in British history. For a year over 100,000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers, their families and supporters, in hundreds of communities, battled to prevent the decimation of the coal industry on which their livelihoods and communities depended. Margaret Thatcher's government aimed to smash the most militant section of the British working class. She wanted to usher in a new era of greater management control at work and pave the way for a radical refashioning of society in favour of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
659g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783463664
SKU
V9781783463664
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Ref
99-2
About Mark Metcalf
Martin Jenkinson was responsible for some of the most striking images to have emerged from political and industrial struggle in Britain over the last 30 years. In addition to his work with the NUM, Martin was also commissioned by many other unions, notably the National Union of Teachers and the TGWU/UNITE. Martin was a former steelworker who combined his politics ... Read more
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