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In Reform, Revolution and Direct Action amongst British Miners, Martyn Ives offers a new perspective on one of the most volatile periods in labour history. His research into the astonishing coalfield militancy of 1919 reveals it was a watershed year on a par with 1926. Indeed the General Strike was in many ways merely its dim echo. Whilst historians have skated over the labour unrest of 1919, Martyn Ives uncovers a remarkable incidence of unofficial mass strikes in the coalfields, waged against mine-owners, government and trade union leaders alike. Led by revolutionaries, and infused with political radicalism, this mass movement offered a glimpse of an alternative road to socialism, based upon the organised industrial power of the working class.

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Author:   Martyn Ives
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   123
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.681kg
ISBN:  

9789004297012

ISBN 10:   9004297014
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   15 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction (with Paul Blackledge) PART ONE 1. Political Alternatives in the Labour Movement in 1919 2. The Miners' Federation of Great Britain: Bureaucratic Reformists, Militant Miners and the Development of the Miners' Charter 3. Fife and Lanarkshire 4. Nottinghamshire 5. South Wales 6. Selling Sankey PART TWO Introduction: A Background Sketch of the Summer's Crisis 7. Perspectives on Nationalisation in the Period of Manoeuvre 8. A Second Wave of Unrest 9. Yorkshire 10. The Demise of Direct Action and the Triumph of Electoralism Bibliography Index

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Martyn Ives, Ph.D (Econ) in the Department of Government, Manchester University (1994). He currently works in television, where he is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer.

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