These Poor Hands The Autobiography Of A Miner Working In South Wales
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These Poor Hands The Autobiography Of A Miner Working In South Wales
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Author : B. L. Coombes
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2011-12-05
These Poor Hands The Autobiography Of A Miner Working In South Wales written by B. L. Coombes and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Coombes' title These Poor Hands first published in 1939, was an instant best-seller, catapulting the author to the forefront of proletarian writers. Coombes was born in England, but he lived for a large part of his in the Vale of Neath, South Wales, and as the economic problems of the 30s worsened, he turned to writing as a way to spread the news of the plight of miners and their communities to the wider world. He presented the daily life of miners in documentary fashion, with special attention to the damaging lockouts of 1921 and 1926, These Poor Hands retains the power to astonish readers with its description of the ways that unfettered capitalism can lay waste to pure human potential.
These Poor Hands
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Author : Bill Jones
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2002-11-09
These Poor Hands written by Bill Jones and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales', was first published in June 1939. It was an instant bestseller, and its fame catapulted its author into the front rank of 'proletarian writers'. B. L. Coombes, an English-born migrant, had lived in the Vale of Neath since before the First World War, but only turned to writing in the 1930s as a way of communicating the plight of the miners and their communities to the wider world. "These Poor Hands" presents, in a documentary style, the working life of the miner as well as the author's experiences in the lock-outs of 1921 and 1926. It demonstrates Coombes' desire to offer an accurate account of the lives of miners and their families, and carries a sincere moral charge in its description of the waste of human potential that is industrial capitalism in decline. Long out of print, "These Poor Hands" has been recognised for over sixty years as the classic miner's autobiography.
These Poor Hands
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Author : Bert Lewis Coombes
language : en
Publisher: Orion
Release Date : 1939
These Poor Hands written by Bert Lewis Coombes and has been published by Orion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Coal mines and mining categories.
These Poor Hands The Autobiography Of A Miner Working In South Wales 1939
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Author : Bert Lewis Coombes
language : en
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
These Poor Hands The Autobiography Of A Miner Working In South Wales 1939 written by Bert Lewis Coombes and has been published by Hassell Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
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B L Coombes
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Author : William D. Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
B L Coombes written by William D. Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the first comprehensive study of one of the most distinctive voices of the south Wales coalfield. Considered by Raymond Williams to be 'the most effective writing about mining life in South Wales', the work of B. L. Coombes portrays coal-mining and coalfield society in south Wales in the first half of the twentieth century. Born in England in 1893, Coombes began to work in the mines before the First World War, coming to prominence as a miner-writer in the late 1930s. His autobiography, These Poor Hands, was published in 1939 and was followed by two further books, Those Clouded Hills and Miners Day, as well as by hundreds of shorter pieces of fiction and non-fiction Drawing on new archival sources as well as on Coombes's published work, this volume examines the man, his writings and the society of which he was a part.
Miners Lung
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Author : Arthur McIvor
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-22
Miners Lung written by Arthur McIvor and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-22 with History categories.
Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston explore the experience of coal miners' lung diseases and the attempts at voluntary and legal control of dusty conditions in British mining from the late nineteenth century to the present. In this way, the book addresses the important issues of occupational health and safety within the mining industry; issues that have been severely neglected in studies of health and safety in general. The authors examine the prevalent diseases, notably pneumoconiosis, emphysema and bronchitis, and evaluate the roles of key players such as the doctors, management and employers, the state and the trade unions. Throughout the book, the integration of oral testimony helps to elucidate the attitudes of workers and victims of disease, their 'machismo' work culture and socialisation to very high levels of risk on the job, as well as how and why ideas and health mentalities changed over time. This research, taken together with extensive archive material, provides a unique perspective on the nature of work, industrial relations, the meaning of masculinity in the workplace and the wider social impact of industrial disease, disability and death. The effects of contracting dust disease are shown to result invariably in seriously prescribed lifestyles and encroaching isolation. The book will appeal to those working on the history of medicine, industrial relations, social history and business history as well as labour history.
Animals As Experiencing Entities
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Author : Michael J. Glover
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Animals As Experiencing Entities written by Michael J. Glover and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Our Mothers Land
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Author : Angela V John
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2011-02-15
Our Mothers Land written by Angela V John and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-15 with Social Science categories.
This volume marks the twentieth anniversary of the first publication of this groundbreaking book. It reflects the pioneering research of its contributors to the development of modern Welsh women's history. The eight chapters range widely across time (1830-1939) and place, from exploring working class women's community sanctions and the perils facing collier's wife to the very different lifestyles of ironmasters' wives. They also tackle the idealised images of respectable Welsh women in periodicals and the tragic reality of those who took their own lives as well as showing us the transgressive actions of suffrage rebels. They examine how women carved out space within movements such as temperance and track the fluctuating fortunes of women's employment and domestic life from the Great War to the eve of the Second World War. This volume makes available once more a book that has become a classic in its field and a vital part of the historiography of modern Wales. This expanded edition also brings us up to date. It reveals the research and publications of the last two decades and comments upon the extent to which Wales has moved beyond being the familiar 'land of our fathers'. Written in a lively and accessible style, it nevertheless draws upon a wealth of research and expertise and should appeal to both the academic community and to a much wider readership.
The Working Class In Britain
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Author : John Benson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2003-08-22
The Working Class In Britain written by John Benson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-22 with Social Science categories.
Who made up the working class in Britain, who were the ordinary men and women and what were their aspirations? The first generation of postwar British labour historians tended to be preoccupied with working class activism. This texts attempts to chart not only this struggle, but to describe and analyse the rich and varied tapestry of working-class history as a whole. It demonstrates that "class" both existed and mattered although ordinary men and women had diverse lives and lifestyles. Professor Benson examines work, wages, incomes and the cost of living, family, kinship and community relations and the individual in the context of nation and class.
B L Coombes
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Author : Bill Jones
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2017-05-15
B L Coombes written by Bill Jones and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.