Towards a Comparative History of Coalfield Societies

This volume transcends over-arching national models to focus instead on local coal mining societies that can then be compared and contrasted to similar communities elsewhere. Adopting a regional approach that compares coalfield communities from five continents, this volume reflects coalfield experiences on a truly global scale. By looking at what made communities unique as well as what they shared in common, a much fuller understanding of the workplace, neighbourhood, family, identity and political organization is possible.

Professor Stefan Berger, Dr Andy Croll and Norman LaPorte are all from the University of Glamorgan, UK.