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Chicago Tumbles
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Author : Alex Maxwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Chicago Tumbles written by Alex Maxwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985 categories.
Digging The Seam
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Author : Ian W. Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Digging The Seam written by Ian W. Macdonald and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Business & Economics categories.
The 1984–5 Miners’ Strike was one of the most important political events in British history. It was a bitter dispute that polarised public opinion, divided nation and families alike, and the results in terms of the destruction of centuries of industrial and cultural tradition are still keenly felt. The social and political consequences of this dispute, which have resonated for the past quarter century, have been subject to detailed analysis and reflection. The consequences for the arts and popular culture are less clearly mapped. This book attempts to begin to redress this imbalance and signal the importance of popular cultural activity both during and after the strike. The essays that appear in this book represent diverse and multidisciplinary responses to the questions raised by the strike and its relationships to a broad range of cultural forms which include literature, film, photography, music, theatre, television drama and documentary, painting, public art and heritage interventions. These responses are organised around four themes that map the interrelatedness between cultural representation, cultural intervention and historical memory. The first deals with the idea of mining culture and pre-strike representations in popular sentiment, film and literature. The second examines the role cultural forms played directly in the context of the strike, as a means of political commentary, activism and fund raising. The third looks at subsequent cultural renderings or reconstructions of the strike and the final section looks at the current process of memorialisation and commemoration. The book draws together a range of voices from academia, heritage, cultural and mining backgrounds, and offers both a historical perspective on the range of cultural activities in the course of the dispute and subsequent readings and re-readings. It aims both to provide a record of cultural intervention and stimulate new dialogues and perspectives.
Scottish Coal Miners In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Phillips Jim Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-06-26
Scottish Coal Miners In The Twentieth Century written by Phillips Jim Phillips and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-26 with Business & Economics categories.
Examining working class welfare in the age of deindustrialisation through the experiences of the Scottish coal minerThroughout the twentieth century Scottish miners resisted deindustrialisation through collective action and by leading the campaign for Home Rule. This book argues that coal miners occupy a central position in Scotland's economic, social and political history, and highlights the role of miners in formulating labour movement demands for political-constitutional reforms that eventually resulted in the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. The book also uses the struggle of the mineworkers to explore working class wellbeing more broadly during the prolonged and politicised period of deindustrialisation that saw jobs, workplaces and communities devastated. Key featuresExamines deindustrialisation as long-running, phased and politicised processUses generational analysis to explain economic and political changeRelates Scottish Home Rule to long-running debates about economic security and working class welfareAnalyses the longer history of Scottish coal miners in terms of changing industrial ownership, production techniques and workplace safetyRelates this economic and industrial history to changes in mining communities and gender relations
Backbone Of The Nation
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Author : Robert Gildea
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-09-19
Backbone Of The Nation written by Robert Gildea and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-19 with History categories.
A powerful new history of the Great Strike in the miners’ own voices, based on more than 140 interviews with former miners and their families Forty years ago, Arthur Scargill led the National Union of Mineworkers on one of the largest strikes in British history. A deep sense of pride existed within Britain’s mining communities who thought of themselves as the backbone of the nation’s economy. But they were vilified by Margaret Thatcher’s government and eventually broken: deprived of their jobs, their livelihoods, and in some cases, their lives. In this groundbreaking new history, Robert Gildea interviews those miners and their families who fought to defend themselves. Exploring mining communities from South Wales to the Midlands, Yorkshire, County Durham, and Fife, Gildea shows how the miners and their families organized to protect themselves, and how a network of activists mobilized to support them. Amid the recent wave of industrial action in the United Kingdom, Backbone of the Nation highlights anew the importance of labor organization—and intimately records the triumphs, losses, and resilience of these mining communities.
The Path To Devolution And Change
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Author : David Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-08-30
The Path To Devolution And Change written by David Stewart and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-30 with History categories.
Margaret Thatcher's premiership from 1979 to 1990 had a profound impact on Scotland. David Stewart analyzes the impact of this period of Conservative government on Scotland, while examining the extent to which Conservative policy under Thatcher represented a break from the 'post-war consensus' in British politics. Focusing on the origins and impact of the poll tax, the campaign to save Ravenscraig steelworks, the sharpening of the North/South divide, the 1984/85 miners' strike, and the balance of power within Scottish civil society, he makes substantial contributions to the debates surrounding the decline of Scottish Unionism, the roots of Scottish devolution, the legacy of Thatcherism, and the changing British constitution.
Stramash
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Author : Daniel Gray
language : en
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Release Date : 2013-07-22
Stramash written by Daniel Gray and has been published by Luath Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Fatigued by bloated big-game football and bored of a samey big cities, Daniel Gray went in search of small town Scotland and its teams. At the time when the Scottish club game is drifting towards its lowest ebb once more, Stramash singularly falls to wring its hands and address the state of the game, preferring instead to focus on Bobby Mann's waistline. Part travelogue, part history and part mistakenly spilling ketchup on the face of a small child, Stramash takes an uplifting look at the country's nether regions. Using the excuse of a match to visit places from Dumfries to Dingwall, Gray surveys Scotland's towns and teams in their present state. Stramash accomplishes the feats of visiting Dumfries without mentioning Robert Burns, being positive about Cumbernauld and linking Elgin City to Lenin. It is ae fond look at Scotland as you've never seen it before. REVIEWS: 'There have been previous attempts by authors to explore the off-the-beaten paths of the Scottish football landscape, but Daniel Gray's volume is in another league' - THE SCOTSMAN 'Truly splendid' - ARTHUR MONTFORD 'An excellent book about the country's smaller teams - [Stramash] captures the vague romance that still clings to these smaller Scottish clubs. It will make a must-read for every non-Old Firm football fan - and for many Rangers and Celtic supporters too' - DAILY Record' As he takes in a match at each stopping-off point, Gray presents little portraits of small Scottish towns, relating histories of declining industry, radical politics and the connection between a team and its community. It's a brilliant way to rediscover Scotland' - THE HERALD' A great read, because Gray doesn't write about just football, he uses football as an excuse to explore the histories of small towns in Scotland' - THE SKINNY 'Why do the Gers and Hoops have retail outlets in the capital? Why do buses depart for Glasgow on a Saturday morning from every corner of Scotland? Gray's book is a splendid attempt to answer these questions, and more besides - The result is sociology at its best, which is to say eminently readable - Stramash may turn out to be a memoir of the way we were, and an epitaph' - SUNDAY HERALD' I defy anyone to read Stramash and not fall in love with Scottish football's blessed eccentricities all over again - Funny enough to bring on involuntary laugh out loud moments' - THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL BLOG
Tumbling
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Author : Diane Mckinney-whetstone
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1997-04-09
Tumbling written by Diane Mckinney-whetstone and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-09 with Fiction categories.
A beautiful and uplifting debut from one of the,most exciting voices in new black fiction.,.
The Story Of Chicago
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Author : Joseph Kirkland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
The Story Of Chicago written by Joseph Kirkland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Chicago (Ill categories.
Chicago S Fabulous Fountains
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Author : Greg Borzo
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2017-05-10
Chicago S Fabulous Fountains written by Greg Borzo and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-10 with Architecture categories.
""Chicago's Fabulous Fountains" presents in words and pictures many of the more than one hundred outdoor public fountains in Chicago, informing readers about their origin and place in the city"--
Chicago S Redevelopment Machine And Blues Clubs
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Author : David Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-02-01
Chicago S Redevelopment Machine And Blues Clubs written by David Wilson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-01 with Social Science categories.
This book examines the conflict surrounding the latest redevelopment frontier in Chicago: the city’s South Side blues clubs and blocks. Like Chicago, cities such as Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Washington D.C., Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia are experiencing a new redevelopment machine: one of tyrannizing and fear. Its actors are adroit at working via the creation of fear to “terror-redevelop” in these historically neglected neighborhoods. The book also discusses the powerful race and class-based politics in Chicago’s blues clubs that resist such change. A “leisure as resistance” framework represents the latest innovative form of opposition to the transformation of these historic sites.