Few areas of labour history have received as much attention as the coal industry, with miners often finding themselves at the centre of studies on working-class

The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Investigating issues of collective identity and action, Hester Barron exp

This volume investigates the development of welfare structures in the peripheral states of Europe. Focusing on Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Finland, The Netherland

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