A History of the Scottish Miners
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A History of the Scottish Miners

From the Earliest Times

  1. 508 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A History of the Scottish Miners

From the Earliest Times

About this book

First published in 1955, A History of the Scottish Miners recounts the peculiar circumstances of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the laws that placed the miners under conditions unique in Europe. Carrying onto the nineteenth century, the author deals with the first trade unions, the period of Alexander McDonald and Keir Hardie, ending in the great strike of 1894 and the formation of the Scottish Miners' Federation, embracing eight county associations. From 1894 onwards, Robert Smillie led the Scots in good times and bad, up to the ordeal of the First World War. The effect in Scotland of the great lockouts of 1921 and 1926, with Robert Smillie no longer chairman of the British miners but still the leader in Scotland, is set out in detail. Then after a time of troubles, the Scots miners developed their organisations during the war and, before its end, under new leaders, they achieved a single union for Scotland. This book will be of interest to students of history, sociology, economics and political science.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032514581
eBook ISBN
9781000895704

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Original Title
  6. Original Copyright
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Contents
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Illustrations
  12. Chapter I. Bondsmen
  13. Chapter II. Child Labour and Chartism
  14. Chapter III. The County Unions
  15. Chapter IV. The Great Strike of 1894
  16. Chapter V. Conciliation on Trial
  17. Chapter VI. The Great Strike of 1912
  18. Chapter VII. War and its Sequel
  19. Chapter VIII. The Lock-Out of 1926 and its Aftermath
  20. Chapter IX. The World Economic Crisis
  21. Chapter X. The Miners against Fascism and War
  22. Chapter XI. The War Years 1939–45
  23. Chapter XII. Nationalisation
  24. Chapter XIII. Wages and Hours under State Ownership
  25. Chapter XIV. International Relations
  26. Chapter XV. Knockshinnoch
  27. Chapter XVI. The Union Today
  28. Bibliography
  29. Index of Names
  30. General Index