Title The 1926 Miners' Lockout : Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield

Published Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (331 pages) Series Oxford Historical Monographs Oxford historical monographs. Contents List of Illustrations; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Political and Union Leaders in 1926; Introduction; 1. The Tensions of Class and Region; 2. The Testing of Political and Union Loyalties; 3. The Attitudes of Women; 4. Religious Identities; 5. The Influence of Education; 6. Memory and Experience; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index Summary The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Opening with the heady days of the general strike, it continued for seven months and affected one million miners. In County Durham, where almost three in every ten adult men worked in the coal industry, its impact was profound. Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durham's miners and their families. She investigates collective values and behaviour, focusing particularly on the tensions between identities based around class and occupation, and the rival identities that could cut Notes Print version record Subject Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- England -- Durham -- History -- 20th century Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Social aspects -- England -- Durham -- History -- 20th century Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects -- England -- Durham -- History -- 20th century Coal miners -- England -- Durham -- Social conditions Coal miners -- Family relationships -- England -- Durham Working class families -- England -- Durham Coal miners -- Social conditions Coal mines and mining -- Social aspects Economic history Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining Working class families SUBJECT Durham (England) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject England -- Durham Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191572418 0191572411

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