The NUM and British Politics

This book is the second of two volumes examining the place of the National Union of Mineworkers in post-war British politics. Covering the years 1969 to 1995, it charts reactions to the pit closures program of the late 1950s and 1960s and the development of the NUM's reputation as the union that could topple governments.

'... Taylor's volume provides a very thorough account of one of the most pivotal events in British political history, while also skilfully placing the 1984-85 miners' strike and its aftermath in a wider historical and ideological context.' Journal of British Studies

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Originally from Liverpool, Andrew Taylor now teaches at Nottingham Trent University. He is the author of four collections of poetry from Shearsman Books, and over a dozen with other publishers. He has published a critical volume on Adrian Henri, and is now at work one a monograph on the work of Peter Finch, whose Collected Poems he edited for Seren.

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Contents: General editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Acquiescence to activism; Heath and the miners; Plans for coal; The enemy within; Endgame; Coda; Bibliography; Index.