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The Keelmen of Tyneside: Labour Organisation and Conflict in the North-East Coal Industry, 1600-1830
Joseph M. Fewster
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A comprehensive account of the everyday lives of the keelmen of Tyneside, and their struggles and industrial disputes. For hundreds of years the keelmen, the "keel lads o' coaly Tyne" celebrated in the north-east folk song "The Keel Row", ferried coal down-river to the estuary and cast it aboard ships bound for London or overseas. They were "the very sinews of the coal trade" on which the prosperity of the region depended. This book charts the history of the keelmen from the early seventeenth century to the point where technological advances made them redundant in thecourse of the ... Read more
A comprehensive account of the everyday lives of the keelmen of Tyneside, and their struggles and industrial disputes. For hundreds of years the keelmen, the "keel lads o' coaly Tyne" celebrated in the north-east folk song "The Keel Row", ferried coal down-river to the estuary and cast it aboard ships bound for London or overseas. They were "the very sinews of the coal trade" on which the prosperity of the region depended. This book charts the history of the keelmen from the early seventeenth century to the point where technological advances made them redundant in thecourse of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836322
SKU
V9781843836322
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Joseph M. Fewster
The late JOSEPH M. FEWSTER had an almost life-long interest in the keelmen of Tyneside, culminating in his definitive monograph The Keelmen of Tyneside; Labour Organisation in the North-East Coal Industry, 1600-1830 (2011), to which the present volume provides a valuable supplement.
Reviews for The Keelmen of Tyneside: Labour Organisation and Conflict in the North-East Coal Industry, 1600-1830
A welcome contribution to the literature.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY
[I] can only heartily recommend that you buy the book and read it from start to end.
WEEKLY WORKER
[A] superb monument to a forgotten group of working people.
NORTH EAST HISTORY
[L]ikely to remain, for many years to come, the definitive account ... Read more
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY
[I] can only heartily recommend that you buy the book and read it from start to end.
WEEKLY WORKER
[A] superb monument to a forgotten group of working people.
NORTH EAST HISTORY
[L]ikely to remain, for many years to come, the definitive account ... Read more