The British Miner in the Age of De-Industrialization: A Political and Cultural History

by Jörg Arnold

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The British coal industry no longer exists and yet the figure of the coal miner lives on in the British cultural imagination. In feature films and documentaries, miners are typically portrayed as proletarian traditionalists working in a dying industry. Taking this perspective, the 1984/85 miners' strike seems a desperate last stand against forces much bigger than the miners themselves -- not just the Thatcher government but the tide of historical...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198887698

ISBN13:9780198887690

Release Date:February 2024

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 8.8"

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History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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