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Mining Men : Britain's Last Kings of the Coalface by Emily P. Webber (2025, Hardcover)

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Britain’s last deep coalmine closed in 2015, yet just fifty years ago the mining industry was a juggernaut, employing over 250,000 workers. Combining new personal interviews with extensive archival research, Emily P. Webber illuminates the extraordinary history of the industry once considered the backbone of Britain.

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PublisherPenguin Random House

ISBN-101784745448

ISBN-139781784745448

eBay Product ID (ePID)15072445276

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Book TitleMining Men : Britain's Last Kings of the Coalface

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2025

TopicSocial History, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Economics / General, Industries / Natural Resource Extraction

GenreBusiness & Economics, History

AuthorEmily P. Webber

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Reviews' Mining Men is a rare thing - a book which comes from generous, sustained and informed listening. Emily Webber has collected and curated stories from the life and death of an industry which defined Britain. She pays tribute to the miners in her subtle, evocative prose. It is a skilful book, full of compassion. She has done the industry and the "kings of the coalface" proud.''-- Helen Mort 'A powerful, enlightening study of the beauty and brutality of British coal mining , and a hymn to the men who were born into and lived through the mining way of life - told through their authentic voices, it is essential reading for those who care about the social and political effects of coal mining history, and the history of us working-class.'-- Natasha Carthew

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal338.27240941

SynopsisThe story of the last generation of British miners- fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs. Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory workers, detectives, driving instructors, counsellors, the local mayor and one who even ended up working on Fleet Street. Featuring accounts from Ayrshire to the South Wales Valleys, from the 'People's Republic of South Yorkshire', to the 'Sunshine Corner Coalfields' of Kent, each chapter offers a different perspective of the industry. Britain's last deep coalmine closed in 2015, yet just fifty years ago the mining industry was a juggernaut, employing over 250,000 workers. Combining new personal interviews with extensive archival research, Emily P. Webber illuminates the extraordinary history of the industry once considered the backbone of Britain. By situating the miners' strike of 1984-85 in a longer history of the coalfields, we can understand why miners and their families fought so hard against pit closures, and what happened after the pit wheels stopped turning. Vivid, evocative and richly alive with minute detail, Mining Men uncovers what the mining industry once meant to its workers and their communities, and what Britain lost when it was gone.

LC Classification NumberHD8039.M62G79 2025