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At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, despite many difficulties and falling manpower, coalmining was the most important industry in Great Brita...

Mining disasters attracted the attention of the public and the press during the twentieth century, just as they had done a few generations earlier....

Brian Elliott persuasively argues that climate change is not a natural phenomenon but a political phenomenon: a symptom of neoliberal governance. T...

Brian Elliott persuasively argues that climate change is not a natural phenomenon but a political phenomenon: a symptom of neoliberal governance. T...

There have been many books published about the coal mining industry of Britain but relatively few about the miners themselves. This book is unique...

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Doncaster during the 20th century. T...