The General Strike 1926
A New History
$55.44
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2023
Summary
The General Strike of 1926 was one of the most significant events in twentieth-century Britain. The miners were locked out, and the mass of rank-and-file trade unionists then came out on strike in their support. With their families and some middle-class sympathisers, the miners and the labour and trade union movement found themselves pitched against the political establishment, the apparatus of the state, the powerful mineowners backed by the Conservative Government and most of the media of t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399083973 |
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| ISBN-10: | 139908397X |
| Author: | David Brandon |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Transport |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 582g |
David Brandon
David Brandon is uniquely qualified to write this book having lectured in modern British history at several British universities, written extensively on aspects of railway history, been a trade union activist for decades and worked for a major national trade union training shop stewards and workplace representatives.
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