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The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881-1918, Hardback Book

The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881-1918 Hardback

Part of the Routledge Revivals series

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First published in 1993, The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881-1918 is concerned with the workers in the Yorkshire coal industry, their union, and the broader mining communities in which they lived from the formation of the Yorkshire Miners’ Association in 1881 through to the end of the First World War.

The period covered is of considerable importance for the consolidation of the Yorkshire Miners Union, and indeed for the building of a national miners’ federation and an international miners’ organisation, in both of which the role of Yorkshire’s leadership was central.

The decades straddling the turn of the century were characterised by volatility in the mining industry, which was reflected in a number of strikes.

Carolyn Baylies traces these general processes and focuses, in detail, upon a number of episodes during which union struggles and community involvement coalesced.

She explores the dynamic between district and local levels of the union, and the tensions that accompanied a progressive rationalization of bargaining machinery.

This book will be of interest to students of history and sociology.

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