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" Aspects of the political and social history of Ashington, a Northumberland coal mining community, 1870-1914 "
Hall, Valerie Gordon
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Latin Dissertation
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1098088
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TLets530758
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Hall, Valerie Gordon
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Aspects of the political and social history of Ashington, a Northumberland coal mining community, 1870-1914\ Hall, Valerie Gordon
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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1993
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1993
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Ph.D.
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This thesis examines the political and social history of Ashington, a coalmining community in Northumberland, in the years 1870 to 1914. This communitywas the first in the county to move from the Liberal Party to the Labour Party inthe early twentieth century and to reject the conciliatory policies of the lateVictorian era in favour of a position of assertiveness and national solidarity inindustrial relations. It was also central to persuading the accommodationist countyunion to adopt a similar stance. This study explores the process by whichAshington made such changes and took the lead in the county. It also analysesthe actual outlook which emerged amongst the miners.In addition, this study also links the timing of the change in Ashington andthe role which this community took in the county to significant developmentswhich occurred at the local level in the early twentieth century: in the organisationof work; in the nature of community life; in the structure and character of thepopulation and in the respective roles of the company and workers in the socialrealm. It is clear that these changes, along with broader developments in thenation as a whole, created a milieu which was favourable to the adoption of newpolicies.Though the study of only one community, this analysis illuminates thebehaviour of other workers. It reveals the number of factors which can influencetheir outlook and it shows the complex interaction between events at the local andthe national level. It also sheds light on the confusing picture of political changein the years before the First World War and upon an industrial group whichplayed a very important part in workers' politics. In addition, it reveals the closelinks between change in the work sphere, in the social arena, both at the nationaland the local level, and in the outlook of workers.
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
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