Routledge Revivals: The Enemy Within (1986): Pit Villages and the Miners' Strike of 1984-5 (Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138214264 ISBN 13: 9781138214262

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 1986, this book challenges the notion that the miners’ strike of 1984-5 was ‘Scargill’s Strike’. It shows some of the ways in which the strike, though nominally directed from above, was determined from below by multitudinous and often contradictory pressures ― the lodge, the village and the home. The focus is essentially logical and gives particular attention to family economy, kin networks and intergenerational solidarity. At the same time it is concerned with the mentality of the strike ― its ruling fears and passions. The first-hand testimonies that comprise the book attest to the attachment to ‘traditional ways’ as well as the potency of the influences corroding them.

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About the Author

Raphael Samuel (1934 1996) was a tutor in History at Ruskin College, Oxford, and a founding editor of History Workshop Journal. His works include Theatres of Memory and Island Stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138214264
• ISBN 13: 9781138214262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Samuel Raphael, Bloomfield Barbara, Boanas Guy