Welsh Coal Mines
Author : W. Gerwyn Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : W. Gerwyn Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Ronald L. Lewis
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807832200
This title discusses Welsh miners, American coal, and the construction of ethnic identity. In 1890, more than 100,000 Welsh-born immigrants resided in the United States. The majority of them were skilled labourers from the coal mines of Wales who had been recruited by American mining companies.
Author : Ceri Thompson
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 178316154X
It is widely believed that the employment of children underground in coal mines ended in 1842. This book, in contrast, shows that young people remained an important part of the workforce up until the virtual demise of the industry in the late twentieth century. The Children’s Employment Commission was established in 1840 to expose the conditions under which children had to work underground; as we might expect, public opinion was outraged by what came to light, and a law was passed to prevent all females and boys under the age of ten from working underground. However, the lack of inspectors made the law difficult to enforce, and many females and boys under ten continued to work illegally until Parliament made school attendance compulsory in the 1860s. This popular and accessible book is a rich source of information about the working lives of children and young people in the Welsh coalfields, richly illustrated to include extensive work from Amgueddfa Cymru’s photographic archives.
Author : W. Gerwyn Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 1986
Category :
ISBN :
Author : E. W. Gerwyn Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 14,19 MB
Release : 1979
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Tom Hansell
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
What happens when fossil fuels run out? How do communities and cultures survive? Central Appalachia and south Wales were built to extract coal, and faced with coal's decline, both regions have experienced economic depression, labor unrest, and out-migration. After Coal focuses on coalfield residents who chose not to leave, but instead remained in their communities and worked to build a diverse and sustainable economy. It tells the story of four decades of exchange between two mining communities on opposite sides of the Atlantic, and profiles individuals and organizations that are undertaking the critical work of regeneration. The stories in this book are told through interviews and photographs collected during the making of After Coal, a documentary film produced by the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University and directed by Tom Hansell. Considering resonances between Appalachia and Wales in the realms of labor, environment, and movements for social justice, the book approaches the transition from coal as an opportunity for marginalized people around the world to work toward safer and more egalitarian futures.
Author : John Henry Morris
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN :
Author : Norena Shopland
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1399075233
We tend to think of coal mining as predominantly a male occupation, with women confined to roles as wives and support workers. Women worked at the coal face for many years before they were banned in 1842. However, mere legislation was not going to stop them - many continued to work underground, with mine owners making little attempt to stop them due to the low wages paid to women. Some would dress and pass as men to fool visiting inspectors. For the majority though, they worked on the pit brow where they received the coal, cleaned, sorted and cut it to uniform size. Dirty, laborious work, including many accidents and deaths, done by women and girls, some as young as 10 years old. Society was appalled, and harshly criticized women (but not men) for working in such environments and so close to male workers. Find a respectable job, like domestic service, they were told - despite the fact that few jobs for women were available in such industrialized areas. Like the more famous Pit Brow Lasses of Lancashire, the Tip Girls were castigated for having ‘unsexed’ themselves, accused of immorality, of being unfit wives and mothers and society went on a mission to save them. But the Tip Girls did not want to be saved. For nearly a hundred years, these women fought society and Parliament to keep their jobs and clear their reputations. Norena Shopland tells their story for the first time. New research from census returns and newspaper accounts have uncovered over 1,500 named women who worked in the Welsh coalfields – only a few could be included in this book - but it shows how much more work is needed in order for us to continue to celebrate these remarkable women.
Author : Eli Ginzberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 20,86 MB
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000159760
Written just before the beginning of World War II, this is an early example of field research into human resources by one of the pioneers in the area. Ginzberg investigates why so many long-term unemployed coal miners in South Wales remained in their villages rather than relocating to other areas of the United Kingdom where jobs were more plentiful. The results of his work, originally published in 1942, remain of value both as a record of an era, an example of communities in distress, and a model of failed social policy.
Author : Ceri Thompson
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,30 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1783160551
It is widely believed that the employment of children underground in coal mines ended in 1842. This book, in contrast, shows that young people remained an important part of the workforce up until the virtual demise of the industry in the late twentieth century. The Children's Employment Commission was established in 1840 to expose the conditions under which children had to work underground; as we might expect, public opinion was outraged by what came to light, and a law was passed to prevent all females and boys under the age of ten from working underground. However, the lack of inspectors made the law difficult to enforce, and many females and boys under ten continued to work illegally until Parliament made school attendance compulsory in the 1860s. This popular and accessible book is a rich source of information about the working lives of children and young people in the Welsh coalfields, richly illustrated to include extensive work from Amgueddfa Cymru's photographic archives.