MINING MEN: BRITAINS LAST KINGS OF THE COALFACE (HB)

Combining new personal interviews with extensive archival research, this book illuminates the extraordinary history of British miners. 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 explores what the mining industry once meant to its workers and their communities, and what Britain lost when it was gone.