Reform, Revolution and Direct Action Amongst British Miners: The Struggle for the Charter in 1919 - Couverture rigide

Ives, Martyn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004297014 ISBN 13 : 9789004297012

Editeur : Brill, 2016

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004297014
• ISBN 13: 9789004297012
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 364
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