Mining Social Change Durham (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 318p, frontispiece and some figures and tables, a very good plus hardback in a very good plus dust-jacket, previous owner's name on the ffep [0856645095].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (NAP). Both the book and the dust jacket are in top-notch condition. You can see the covers of the book in the photos. They're very clean. The gilt lettering on the spine is very bright. The edges and corners are in excellent shape. The page edges are clean. The book is square. The spine is straight. The binding is very solid from cover to cover with nicely tight pages and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in excellent condition. The pages are exceptionally clean. I'm scrolling through them without finding any instances of soiling. I'm not finding any creasing. There are no markings. There is a tiny bookseller label at the bottom of the front inside cover. It's 'The World's Greatest Bookshop', Foyles, at Charing Cross Road in London. There are no other attachments to be found anywhere in the book. The label is in very good shape, both white inside covers and end papers are very clean. There is no writing of any kind in the book. You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos. It's very clean. The spine has lightened from red to orange. There are no tears on the jacket. The flaps are somewhat toned. They are in very good shape, a tiny crease or two. The jacket is NOT price-clipped, not clipped at all. It will be fitted with a protective cover after the photos are scanned. From the dust jacket: 'The strong community ties of mining villages are the central concern of this book which deals with the social history and sociology of mining in County Durham in the twentieth century. Focusing on the County as a whole, it asks what is sociologically most distinctive about the area in the past and how it is changing in the present. The personal documents presented in the first chapters of the book bring to life the local mining community with an evocative picture of village life at the turn-of-the-century; a description of the work of Peter Lee, the county's most important political leader, and even a consideration of the social significance of leek growing and leek showing. These first-hand accounts are integrated with the results of social research carried out at Durham University over a number of years; four areas are looked at in detail. First there is a study of the general characteristics of mining villages and towns in County Durham and the question of why they are called 'communities'. This is followed by a look at the unique aspects of local politics in the area-- the County Council has been continuously controlled by the Labour Party for over fifty years. Town and village planning is examined from the point of view of the decline in mining, the creation of new towns and the controversial village categorization policy. Finally, the book discusses changes in mining employment and the question of ex-miners working in the new manufacturing industry.'.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 322 pages. 8.50x5.43x1.26 inches. In Stock.

Hb. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 318pp Owner's bookplate inside front cover; name on free front endpaper.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The strong community ties of mining villages are the central concern of this book, which deals with the social history and sociology of mining in County Durham in the twentieth century. Focusing on the country as a whole, this title, first published in 1978, asks what is most distinctive about the area in the past and how it is changing in the present. The personal documents presented in the first chapters of the book bring to life the local mining community with an evocative picture of village life at the turn of the century. These first-hand accounts are integrated with the results of social research carried out at Durham University over a number of years. Mining and Social Change will be of interest to students of history and sociology.…

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