Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Studies in Welsh History: The South Wales Miners 1964-1985 — 1964-1985
Studies in Welsh History: The South Wales Miners 1964-1985 — 1964-1985
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Hanes gwleidyddol glöwyr De Cymru, y diwydiant a'r gymdeithas lofaol, mewn cyfnod cythryblus o argyfwng ac ymdrech.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
A political history of the south Wales miners, their industry and society, in a tumultuous period of crisis and struggle.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780708326107
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780708326107
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Studies in Welsh History: The South Wales Miners 1964-1985 — 1964-1985
- Sub Title
- 1964-1985
- Awdur / Author
- Curtis, Ben
- Current Price ex VAT
- £19.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £19.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Out of print
- Availability Status (CY)
- Allan o brint
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2013-04-29
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 320 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Hanes Economaidd a Chymdeithasol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Social and Economic History (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
Introduction: ‘an historical mission to lead in class struggles’ 1:The Politics of the South Wales Miners 2: Closures: 1964-1970 3: Struggle: 1970-1974 4: Interlude: 1974-1979 5: Confrontation: 1979-1983 6: The Strike: 1984-1985 Conclusion
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Ben Curtis is Research Associate at the Department of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University and part-time History Tutor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, Cardiff University.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
The booming coal industry of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the main reason behind the creation of modern south Wales and its miners were central to shaping the economics, politics and society of south Wales during the twentieth century. This book explores the history of these miners between 1964 and 1985, covering the concerted run-down of the coal industry under the Wilson government, the growth of miners’ resistance, and the eventual defeat of the epic strike of 1984-5. Their interactions with the wider trade union movement and society during these years meant the miners were amongst the most important strategically-located sections of the British workforce during this time. The South Wales Miners is the first full-length academic study of the miners and their union in the later twentieth century, in a tumultuous period of crisis and struggle.
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