The 1926 Miners' Lockout: Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield by Heste

Description: The 1926 Miners' Lockout by Hester Barron The miners lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Investigating issues of collective identity and action, Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durhams miners and their families, illuminating wider debates about solidarity and fragmentation within working-class communities. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The miners lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Opening with the heady days of the general strike, it continued for seven months and affected one million miners. In County Durham, where almost three in every ten adult men worked in the coal industry, its impact was profound. Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durhams miners and their families. She investigates collectivevalues and behaviour, focusing particularly on the tensions between identities based around class and occupation, and the rival identities that could cut across the creation of a cohesive community.Highlighting the continuing importance of differences due to gender, age, religion, poverty, and individual hopes and aspirations, she nevertheless finds that in 1926, despite such differences, the Durham coalfield continued to display the solidarity for which miners were famed. In response, Barron argues that the very concept of the mining community needs to be reassessed. Rather than consisting of an homogeneous occupational identity, she suggests that the essence ofcommunity lay in its ability to subsume and integrate other categories of identity. A collective consciousness was further grounded in a shared historical narrative that had to be continuallyreinforced. It was the strength of such local solidarities that enabled both an exemplary regional response to the strike, and the ability to conceptualise such action within the wider framework of the national union. The 1926 Miners Lockout provides crucial insights into issues of collective identity and collective action, illuminating wider debates about solidarity and fragmentation within working-class communities and cultures. Author Biography Hester Barron is Lecturer in History at the University of Sussex. She studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and completed her D.Phil. in November 2006. Her research focuses on twentieth-century British social history, particularly labour history and the history of the working classes in the early part of the century. Table of Contents Introduction1: The Tensions of Class and Region2: The Testing of Political and Union Loyalties3: The Attitudes of Women4: Religious Identities5: The Influence of Education6: Memory and ExperienceConclusion Review The 1926 Miners Lockout represents a significant contribution to mining and regional historiography; it also demonstrates how innovative exploration of traditional topics can revitalise and refurbish labour and working-class history. * Alan Campbell, Times Higher Education Supplement *an excellent monograph on the coal lockout in the Durham coalfield ... a rich tapestry * Keith Laybourn, History *This is a deeply impressive book. Thoroughly researched, clearly written, and coping well with contradiction and complexity, as an exercise in labour history is it a model for our identity-consciounes age. * Paul Ward, English Historical Review *Hester Barron has assembled a very rich reservoir of material ... the book offers a useful addition to the field. * Don Watson, Twentieth Century British History * Promotional An investigation of the pivotal minors lockout of 1926 Long Description The miners lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Opening with the heady days of the general strike, it continued for seven months and affected one million miners. In County Durham, where almost three in every ten adult men worked in the coal industry, its impact was profound. Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durhams miners and their families. She investigates collectivevalues and behaviour, focusing particularly on the tensions between identities based around class and occupation, and the rival identities that could cut across the creation of a cohesive community. Highlighting the continuing importance of differences due to gender, age, religion, poverty, andindividual hopes and aspirations, she nevertheless finds that in 1926, despite such differences, the Durham coalfield continued to display the solidarity for which miners were famed. In response, Barron argues that the very concept of the mining community needs to be reassessed. Rather than consisting of an homogeneous occupational identity, she suggests that the essence of community lay in its ability to subsume and integrate other categories of identity. A collectiveconsciousness was further grounded in a shared historical narrative that had to be continually reinforced. It was the strength of such local solidarities that enabled both an exemplary regional response to the strike, and the ability to conceptualise such action within the widerframework of the national union. The 1926 Miners Lockout provides crucial insights into issues of collective identity and collective action, illuminating wider debates about solidarity and fragmentation within working-class communities and cultures. Review Quote This is a deeply impressive book. Thoroughly researched, clearly written, and coping well with contradiction and complexity, as an exercise in labour history is it a model for our identity-consciounes age. Feature A major new study of a dramatic event in British labour historyFresh approach to the debate about working-class community and cultureExtensive use of oral testimony Details ISBN0199575045 Author Hester Barron Short Title 1926 MINERS LOCKOUT Language English ISBN-10 0199575045 ISBN-13 9780199575046 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Oxford Historical Monographs Year 2009 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 8 black and white halftones UK Release Date 2009-12-10 Publication Date 2009-12-10 AU Release Date 2009-12-10 NZ Release Date 2009-12-10 Edited by Francisco Werner Birth 1938 Affiliation Director, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ, USA Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Pages 332 Publisher Oxford University Press DEWEY 942.86083 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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