Pitmen Preachers and Politics - Hardcover

Moore, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521203562 ISBN 13: 9780521203562

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1974

Synopsis

A study of four Durham mining villages in the period 1870 to 1926 which examines the effects of Methodism on the political life of the villages during an especially important phase of trade union and political history. Professor Moore's research is both vivid and scholarly. He lived in the community, he can report first-hand on the villagers he talked with, and at the same time he produces an ambitious contribution to the social sciences.

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Book Description

A study of four Durham mining villages in the period 1870 to 1926 which examines the effects of Methodism on the political life of the villages during an especially important phase of trade union and political history. Professor Moore's research is both vivid and scholarly.

About the Author

Robert Moore is an award-winning TV journalist who was ITN's Moscow correspondent during the collapse of the Soviet Union, and subsequently served as their Middle East correspondent. Since 1997, he has been their foreign affairs editor, covering a wide range of international stories, including wars in Chechnya, Kosovo and Sierra Leone.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521203562
• ISBN 13: 9780521203562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302