Debating Coal Closures: Economic Calculation in the Coal Dispute 1984-5

by David Cooper and Trevor Hopper

This book, published in the late 1980s, reproduces articles and reports which were written and gained prominence during the 1984-5 coal dispute in the UK. It is, however, more than a contribution to the history of that dispute and the associated debates about the viability and strategies of the NCB (now British Coal) and its constituent pits. The collection addresses more general issues of industrial and national policy and concerns about the interface...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521125979
• ISBN13: 9780521125970
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"