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These Poor Hands
B. L. Coombes
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Description for These Poor Hands
Paperback. Presents, in a documentary style, the working life of the miner as well as the author's experiences in the lock-outs of 1921 and 1926. This title intends to offer an account of the lives of miners and their families, and carries a sincere moral charge in its description of the waste of human potential that is industrial capitalism in decline. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWS; 3JJG; BGA; TTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
"These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales", was first published in June 1939. It was an instant bestseller, and its fame catapulted its author into the front rank of 'proletarian writers'. B. L. Coombes, an English-born migrant, had lived in the Vale of Neath since before the First World War, but only turned to writing in the 1930s as a way of communicating the plight of the miners and their communities to the wider world. "These Poor Hands" presents, in a documentary style, the working life of the miner as well as the author's experiences ... Read more
"These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales", was first published in June 1939. It was an instant bestseller, and its fame catapulted its author into the front rank of 'proletarian writers'. B. L. Coombes, an English-born migrant, had lived in the Vale of Neath since before the First World War, but only turned to writing in the 1930s as a way of communicating the plight of the miners and their communities to the wider world. "These Poor Hands" presents, in a documentary style, the working life of the miner as well as the author's experiences ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
335g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Wales, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780708315637
SKU
V9780708315637
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About B. L. Coombes
Bill Jones is a lecturer in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University. Chris Williams is Professor of History and Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University.
Reviews for These Poor Hands
'The re-publication of this classic volume is to be warmly welcomed ... For this new edition, two of the most prominent of the younger generation of Welsh historians, Professor Chris Williams of the University of Glamorgan and Dr Bill Jones of Cardiff, join forces to provide the text with a most valuable, highly readable introduction and explanatory glossary notes which ... Read more