Carolyn Baylies

The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881-1918

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 1000g
• ISBN-13: 9781032437156
• ISBN-10: 1032437154
• Artikelnr.: 72881569

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Baylies

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements 1. Opening out of the Yorkshire coalfield 2.
Community and combination 3. The Yorkshire Miners' Association during the
1880s 4. Testing - 1893 5. Federation activities and operations of the
conciliation board, 1894-1906 6. Worker solidarity and the eight-hour day
7. The union at branch and district levels; grievances and industrial
action 8. Scope of union membership 9. Politics and the YMA - the Barnsley
by-election of 1897 10. The Yorkshire coalfield after 1900 - Opening up of
the Doncaster area 11. Denaby - Cadeby strike of 1902 and ensuing legal
action 12. Evolving union policies and politics - Hemsworth dispute, 1906
13. The minimum wage strike - Operation of the Minimum Wage Act 14. The YMA
during the War 15. Towards an industrial union Appendix I Appendix II
Appendix III Notes Bibliography Index