South Wales Miners: Glowyr de Cymru

A History of the South Wales Miners' Federation (1914-1926)

Robert Page Arnot

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781032539171
• eBook ISBN: 9781000927207
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

First published in 1975, South Wales Miners starts with the War of Empires, when nearly 50,000 Welsh miners, almost one-fifth of the total manpower of their coalfield, responded to the call and voluntarily enlisted in the British armed forces. The author uncovers how the coalowners in the meantime took advantage of the war emergency to deny the remaining miners a fair recompense for their toil and of the bitter strife that followed. The book tells the story of what led up to the General Strike and here the author uses hitherto hidden sources of information. The picture is revealed of what was a virtual conspiracy between the Baldwin-Churchill Government and the mineowners, not only to cut wages and lengthen hours, but to cripple British trade unionism. When the miners held out through a seven-month lockout the efforts of these highly placed conspirators recoiled on their own heads and on the whole economy of British Empire. This book will be of interest to students of history, labour studies, economics and political science.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Frontmatter Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Frontmatter Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Foreword
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• I. THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
• II. TROUBLES ON THE HOME FRONT
• III. A CLIMACTERIC YEAR
• IV. THE AFTERMATH IN 1915 : WAR’S ALARMS IN 1916
• V. UNDER STATE CONTROL
• VI. THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION
• VII. THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
• VIII. A YEAR OF GOOD HOPE
• IX. RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY IN THE ANTHRACITE
• X. SEVEN MONTHS’ LOCKOUT
• Index of Names
• Index of Subjects