The General Strike 1926

A New History

David Brandon

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Pen & Sword Transport
01 June 2023

20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Industrial arbitration & negotiation

The author examines the economic, social and political processes taking places from the mid-nineteenth century and argues that this major confrontation between labour and capital was probably inevitable.

The General Strike was one of the most significant events in twentieth century Britain. The miners were locked out and the mass of rank-and-file trade unionists then came out on strike in their support. With their families and some middle-class sympathisers, the miners and the labour and trade union movement found itself pitched against the political establishment, the apparatus of the state, the powerful mineowners backed by the Conservative Government and most of the media of the time in what was the sharpest form of class conflict short of political revolution. It had always said that the British didn't do general strikes. In 1926 they certainly did!

2026 will mark the one-hundredth anniversary of the General Strike and, under the very different economic, social and political conditions of post-industrial, post-Brexit Britain, it is worth revisiting and examining the complicated coming together of factors which were eventually to lead to those extraordinary days in May 1926 when the fate of the nation lay in the balance.

The author examines the economic, social and political processes taking places from the mid-nineteenth century and argues that this major confrontation between labour and capital was probably inevitable. He examines particularly the symbiotic relationship between the coal miners and the railway workers and the troubled industrial relations in those industries. His informed and lucid account should interest students of modern British history, labour history and the fortunes of the railways in this period.

AUTHOR: David Brandon spent many years working in Adult Education in Colleges and Universities. Having always had a great interest in the history of London, he has lectured at the Bishopsgate Institute, led history tours and has written several books about London with his present co-author.

40 b/w illustrations

By: David Brandon
Imprint: Pen & Sword Transport
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399083973
ISBN 10: 139908397X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

David Brandon is uniquely qualified to write this book having lectured in modern British history at several British universities, written extensively on aspects of railway history, been a trade union activist for decades and worked for a major national trade union training shop stewards and workplace representatives.

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The General Strike 1926

A New History

David Brandon

$75

Hardback

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