Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century

Jim Phillips

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2019

Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century

Jim Phillips

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474452335

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About this book

Brings to light the vital role coal miners played in the social and political history of 20th century Scotland

Throughout the 20th century Scottish miners resisted deindustrialisation through collective action and by leading the campaign for Home Rule. This book shows that coal miners occupy a central position in Scotland’s economic, social and political history. It highlights the role of miners in formulating labour movement demands for political-constitutional reforms that helped create the conditions for the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. The author also uses the experiences of the miners to explore working class wellbeing more broadly throughout the prolonged and politicised period of deindustrialisation that culminated in the Thatcherite assault of the 1980s.

Key Features

Analyses the longer history of Scottish coal miners in terms of changing industrial ownership, production techniques and workplace safety
Examines deindustrialisation as a long-running, phased and politicised process
Uses generational analysis to explain economic and political change
Relates Scottish Home Rule to debates about economic security and working class welfare
Relates this economic and industrial history to changes in mining communities and gender relations

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
The Auld Union Banner Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction: Scottish Coal Miners and Economic Security Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One Legislate: Ownership and Welfare
CHAPTER 1 Changing Ownership and Employment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
CHAPTER 2 Changing Communities and Collieries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
CHAPTER 3 Improving Safety Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Part Two Educate: Political Learning and Activity
CHAPTER 4 Generational Learning: from the 1920s to the 1950s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
CHAPTER 5 Miners and the Scottish Nation: from the 1950s to the 1970s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Part Three Organise: for Jobs, Wages and Communities
CHAPTER 6 Resisting Closures and Winning Wages in the 1960s and 1970s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
CHAPTER 7 Campaigning for Jobs and Communities in the 1980s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Legacy and Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474452335