Coal, Class & Community The United Mineworkers of New Zealand, 1880–1960

by Richardson, Len

• ISBN13: 9781869401139
• ISBN10: 1869401131
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Auckland University Press

Summary

Geographically isolated and long regarded as the "quintessential" proletarians, industrial bogeymen and revolutionaries, coal miners occupy an important place in the history of industrial radicalism in New Zealand. Looking behind the stereotypes, this study tells a story about New Zealand's industrial past, with clear identification of the central issues and attention to the colorful personalities involved.

Author Biography

Len Richardson is a labor and sports historian who taught for many years at the University of Canterbury.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	iv
1 Introduction	1	(16)
2 The Struggle for Acceptance	17	(35)
3 The Road to Recovery	52	(35)
4 The New Radicalism	87	(39)
5 Crisis on the Coalfields	126	(29)
6 Conscription & the `Coal Crisis'	155	(30)
7 Syndicalism, Communism & Recession	185	(37)
8 The Struggle for Survival	222	(35)
9 War & Nationalisation	257	(28)
Epilogue	285	(21)
APPENDIXES	306	(10)
I The NZ Federation of Miners: Preamble and Objects	306	(1)
II NZ Federated Coal Mine Employees' Industrial Assocn of Workers: Objects	307	(1)
III Rules and Constitution of the United Mine Workers of NZ	308	(4)
IV Labour Platform of the Grey District Industrial and Political Council, 1911	312	(1)
V NZ Marxian Association: Constitution and Rules	313	(2)
VI The miners and the purchase of the Grey River Argus	315	(1)
NOTES	316	(14)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	330	(8)
INDEX	338