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- Arthur Horner: Vol 2 1944-1968
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Lawrence & Wishart
summary
Arthur Horner (1894-1968) was a British miners’ leader from the 1926 general strike to his retirement as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1959. During his life he played a crucial role in the fight for a national mineworkers union, and in the development of the National Coal Board. He was a champion of the Republicans in Spain and was imprisoned several times for his political views. Coming from a working-class family, and being forced through poverty to leave school at the age of eleven, Horner devoted his life to the struggle for socialism. He was a committed communist, but was also able to exercise effective leadership in a major trade union committed to social democratic principles, playing a key role in the social democratic settlement after the Second World War. This biography, in two volumes, documents the contribution Horner made to trade unionism, and to the creation of a social democratic commonwealth in postwar Britain.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgements
- pp. 613-615
- Abbreviations
- pp. 616-619
- Abbreviations for frequently cited sources
- pp. 620-621
- 14. The Post-War Settlement
- pp. 623-674
- 15. General Secretary
- pp. 675-726
- 16. The Sting
- pp. 727-773
- 17. Modus Vivendi
- pp. 774-801
- 18. Threats and Spectres
- pp. 802-839
- 19. Breaking Point
- pp. 840-868
- 20. Holding On
- pp. 869-894
- 21. Swan Song
- pp. 895-928
- 22. Winding Down
- pp. 929-954
- 23. Looking Back
- pp. 955-972
- Select Bibliography
- pp. 977-980
Additional Information
ISBN
9781909831759
Related ISBN(s)
9781907103087
MARC Record
OCLC
899261472
Pages
528
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No