The Scottish Miners, 1874–1939

Volume 1: Industry, Work and Community

Alan Campbell

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English

Routledge
28 January 2019

Language: reference & general; Language Teaching (non-ELT); Literature: history & criticism; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history

The Scottish miners experienced enormous changes during these sixty-five years. Enjoying a high degree of autonomy underground throughout the nineteenth century, their work situation was transformed in the twentieth as Scotland became the most intensively mechanised of the British coalfields. Grievances generated by this change led to strike rates in Scotland being up to ten and fifteen times higher than in the major English coalfields. Such militancy displayed considerable geographical variation however, and the translation of grievances into industrial conflict was mediated by variables rooted in the community as well as the pit. A central theme of this volume is to explore the differences between the four principal mining regions in Scotland through the detailed study of ten localities within them. This innovative, two-tiered comparison is used to analyse the competing loyalties of class, gender and ethnicity, to map the uneven terrain of popular protest and social disorder, and to challenge traditional stereotypes of ’a peaceable kingdom’. This historical sociology of the Scottish coalfields frames the analysis of trade unionism and politics which is developed in the companion volume to this book.

By: Alan Campbell
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780815382546
ISBN 10: 0815382545
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 28 January 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Campbell, Alan

Reviews for The Scottish Miners, 1874–1939: Volume 1: Industry, Work and Community

'... impressive and scholarly analysis.' English Historical Review '... a massive research project... an impressive range of source materials... painstaking analysis... The two volumes of The Scottish Miners comprise an outstanding contribution to knowledge and represent the highest standards of scholarship.' Scottish Economic and Social History '...a well argued, highly detailed and closely documented account...' Labour History Review 'Alan Campbell's two-volume work [...] represents a tour de force of an often forgotten industrial region... Campbell's two volumes represent a major work of social and labour history.' Mitteilungsblatt des Instituts fA1/4r Soziale Bewegungen