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Autore |
Thompson Ceri |
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Titolo |
From the cradle to the coalmine : the story of children in Welsh mines / / Ceri Thompson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-78316-154-X |
1-78316-055-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (114 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Coal mines and mining - Wales - History |
Coal miners - Wales - History |
Child labor - Wales - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; List of illustrations; Chronology of important dates; Introduction; Child miners: the 1842 commission; 'Collier boys': the coal boom, 1850's to the 1920's; Mining trainees: from depression to nationalisation,1920's to the 1980's; Child miners today; Further reading; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an accessible, richly illustrated book, telling the story of the children and young people who worked in the Welsh coalfields. |
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