Disability in Industrial Britain

Name: Disability in Industrial Britain
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A Cultural and Literary History of Impairment in the Coal Industry, 1880-1948

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Disability History

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An electronic version of this book is also available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) license, thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust. Coalmining was a notoriously dangerous industry and many of its workers experienced injury and disease. However, the experiences of the many disabled people within Britain's most dangerous industry have gone largely unrecognised by historians. This book looks at British coal through the lens of disability, using an interdisciplinary approach to examine the lives of disabled miners and their families. A diverse range of sources are used to examine the economic, social, political and cultural impact of disability in the coal industry, looking beyond formal coal company and union records to include autobiographies, novels and existing oral testimony. It argues that, far from being excluded entirely from British industry, disability and disabled people were central to its development. The book will appeal to students and academics interested in disability history, disability studies, social and cultural history and representations of disability in literature. -- .

Author Biography:

Steven Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Welsh History at Aberystwyth University Mike Mantin was Research Fellow for the Disability and Industrial Society project Kirsti Bohata is Professor of English and Director of CREW, the Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales at Swansea University Alexandra Jones was on a Full PhD Studentship for the Disability and Industrial Society project -- .

Release date Australia

January 6th, 2020

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General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

7 black & white illustrations

Pages

288

Series

Disability History

Dimensions

138x216x17

ISBN-13

9781526124319

Product ID

30509659

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