Coal Country

Coal CountryThis is the first book length account of deindustrialization in the Scottish coalfields. The flooding and subsequent closure of Scotlands last deep coal mine in 2002 brought a centuries long saga to an end. Colliery closures and job losses were not just experienced in economic terms: they had profound implications for what it meant to be a worker, a Scot and a resident of an industrial settlement. Coal Country draws on archival research using records

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