03376 am 22004813u 450 991075140060332120231107114425.01-5261-1815-797815261257741-5261-2578-1(CKB)4100000003273612(EXLCZ)99410000000327361220180906h20182018 fy| 0engur||#---uu|||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDisability in the Industrial Revolution physical impairment in British coalmining, 1780–1880 /David M. Turner and Daniel BlackieManchester University Press2018Manchester, UK :Manchester University Press,2018.©20181 online resource (xi, 228 pages) illustrations, maps (black and white); digital, PDF file(s)Disability HistoryPrint version: 9781526118158 1526118157 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Industrial Revolution produced injury, illness and disablement on a large scale and nowhere was this more visible than in coalmining. Disability in the Industrial Revolution sheds new light on the human cost of industrialisation by examining the lives and experiences of those disabled in a sector that was vital to Britain’s economic growth. Although it is often assumed that industrialisation led to increasing marginalisation of people with impairments, disabled mineworkers were expected to return to work wherever possible, and new medical services developed to assist in this endeavour. Using a rich and innovative mix of sources ranging from official reports to autobiographies, this book examines disability and its consequences in the coalfields of Scotland, north east England and south Wales. It explores how working conditions, the organisation of labour, and employer attitudes affected the ability of impaired miners to find employment, and charts the multifaceted responses to disablement, ranging from health and safety regulations to welfare programmes. Recognising that experiences of disability extended beyond the world of work, the book discusses the family, community and cultural lives of disabled mineworkers. It shows how disability played an important role in industrial relations and shaped class identity. In the process, it presents a new history of disability and the Industrial Revolution, one that shows how disabled people contributed to Britain’s industrial development, and demonstrates how concerns about disability shaped responses to industrialisation.Disability history.Physical impairment in British coalmining, 1780–1880Coal mine accidentsGreat BritainHistory19th centuryCoal mines and miningGreat BritainHistory19th centuryIndustrial revolutionGreat BritainHistory19th centuryCoal mine accidentsHistoryCoal mines and miningHistoryIndustrial revolutionHistory363.1196223340941Turner David M.1972-850532Blackie DanielUkMaJRUBOOK9910751400603321Disability in the Industrial Revolution3576716UNINA