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The 1972 miners' strike: popular agency and industrial politics in Britain

Pickets during the 1972 miners' strike
Pickets during the 1972 miners' strike

A detailed and informative account of the successful nationwide strike of UK miners in 1972, written as an academic paper by Jim Phillips.

Submitted by Steven. on February 20, 2017
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  • strikes
  • mining
  • United Kingdom
  • Scotland
  • coal
  • National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
  • Jim Phillips
  • PDF
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