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CONTENTS

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
Cast of Characters xi
Maps xviii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 STOP–START 29
2 PICKETING OUT 54
3 THE BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT 83
4 ORGREAVE 104
5 ‘CLOSE A PIT, KILL A COMMUNITY’ 119
6 ‘WE ARE WOMEN, WE ARE STRONG’ 138
7 CONNECTIONS 161
8 LESBIANS AND GAYS SUPPORT THE MINERS 188
9 A STATE OF SIEGE 204
10 CHRISTMAS 228
11 THE RETURN TO WORK 256
12 THE FIGHT GOES ON 283
13 RUIN 301
14 REDEMPTION 324
15 SHARED STORIES 351
16 CHILDREN OF THE STRIKE 378
CONCLUSION 410
LOCATIONS OF INTERVIEWEES 419
NOTES 420
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 442
INDEX 454

Backbone of the Nation

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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300274561-toc

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements ix
Cast of Characters xi
Maps xviii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 STOP–START 29
2 PICKETING OUT 54
3 THE BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT 83
4 ORGREAVE 104
5 ‘CLOSE A PIT, KILL A COMMUNITY’ 119
6 ‘WE ARE WOMEN, WE ARE STRONG’ 138
7 CONNECTIONS 161
8 LESBIANS AND GAYS SUPPORT THE MINERS 188
9 A STATE OF SIEGE 204
10 CHRISTMAS 228
11 THE RETURN TO WORK 256
12 THE FIGHT GOES ON 283
13 RUIN 301
14 REDEMPTION 324
15 SHARED STORIES 351
16 CHILDREN OF THE STRIKE 378
CONCLUSION 410
LOCATIONS OF INTERVIEWEES 419
NOTES 420
SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 442
INDEX 454

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