LEADER 03106 am 22004933u 450 001 996552361203316 005 20220718164401.0 010 $a1-5261-2431-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000010106005 035 $a(OAPEN)1006685 035 $a(NjHacI)994100000010106005 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35353 035 $a(DE-B1597)660720 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526124326 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010106005 100 $a20200107d|||| uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDisability in industrial Britain 210 $aManchester$cManchester University Press$d2019 215 $a1 online resource (288) 225 0 $aDisability History 311 $a1-5261-2432-7 330 $aCoalmining 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 examines the British coal industry through the lens of disability, using an interdisciplinary approach to examine the lives of disabled miners and their families.
The book considers the coal industry at a time when it was one of Britain?s most important industries, and follows it through a period of growth up to the First World War, through strikes, depression and wartime, and into an era of decline. During this time, the statutory provision for disabled people changed considerably, most notably with the first programme of state compensation for workplace injury. And yet disabled people remained a constant presence in the industry as many disabled miners continued their jobs or took up ?light work?. The burgeoning coalfields literature used images of disability on a frequent basis and disabled characters were used to represent the human toll of the industry.
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 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. 606 $aCoal mines and mining 610 $aInjury 610 $aImpairment 610 $aDisability 610 $aCoal industry 615 0$aCoal mines and mining. 676 $a362.4088622334094109041 700 $aBohata$b Kirsti$4aut$0905392 702 $aJones$b Alexandra$4aut 702 $aMantin$b Mike$4aut 702 $aThompson$b Steven$4aut 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacI 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996552361203316 996 $aDisability in industrial Britain$92123659 997 $aUNISA