Reform, Revolution And Direct Action Amongst British Miners

Martyn Ives

ISBN 10: 1608468194 / ISBN 13: 9781608468195

Published by Haymarket Books, US, 2018

About this Item

While other historians have skated over the labour unrest of 1919, focusing instead on the general strike of 1926, Martyn Ives uncovers a remarkable incidence of unofficial mass strikes in the coalfields, waged against mineowners, the government, and trade union leaders. Led by revolutionaries, this mass movement also offered a glimpse of an alternative road to socialism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reform, Revolution And Direct Action Amongst British Miners
• Publisher: Haymarket Books, US
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608468194
• ISBN 13: 9781608468195
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

While other historians have skated over the labor unrest of 1919, focusing instead on the general strike of 1926, Martyn Ives uncovers a remarkable incidence of unofficial mass strikes in the coalfields, waged against mine-owners, the government, and trade union leaders. Led by revolutionaries, this mass movement also offered a glimpse of an alternative road to socialism.

About the Author

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.