Cover; The Great Labour Unrest; Contents; List of tables and figures ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; Map of the Durham coalfield, 1914 ; 1 Historiographical introduction; 2 Structures, agents and the ILP's high tide; 3 The Eight Hours Act and the Eight Hours Agreement in the Durham coalfield; 4' Not exactly the millennium' The minimum wage campaign; 5' A capitalistic piece of legislation' The launch of the Durham Forward Movement and the syndicalists' high tide?; 6 'Trade union questions were now political questions' Defeats, victories and new strategies ; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography
Summary
This book examines the struggle between liberals, socialists and revolutionary syndicalists for control of Britain's best established district miners' union
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index
