Description
| Product ID: | 9780708315637 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | These Poor Hands |
| Subtitle: | The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales |
| Authors: | Author: B. L. Coombes, Chris Williams, Bill Jones |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Mining technology and engineering, Mining technology & engineering, South Wales, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. A full annotated re-edition of a classic miner''s autobiography being the warm story of B. L. Coombes, portraying the hardship and comradeship of the close-knit mining working-class community in south Wales, with an informative introduction about the author''s work by Bill Jones and Chris Williams. First published in 1939. Republished in its present form in 2002. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Wales Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Wales Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-11-09 |