Overview
The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday, the heroics and betrayals of the Minersā Strike, and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed.
No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. Coal was central to the British economy, powering its factories and railways. It carried political weight, too. In the eighties the miners risked everything in a year-long strike against Thatcherās shutdowns. Their defeat doomed a way of life. The lingering sense of abandonment in former mining communities would be difficult to overstate. Yet recent electoral politics has revolved around the coalfield constituencies in Labourās Red Wall. Huw Beynon and Ray Hudson draw on decades of research to chronicle these momentous changes through the words of the people who lived through them.
This edition includes a new postscript on why Thatcherās war on the miners wasnāt good for green politics.
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This book title, The Shadow of the Mine (Coal and the End of Industrial Britain), ISBN: 9781839767982, by Huw Beynon, Ray Hudson, published by Verso Books (March 19, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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