Britain's Revolutionary Summer - by Edd Mustill (Paperback)

Name: Britain's Revolutionary Summer - by Edd Mustill (Paperback)
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Midnight, 30 April 1926.
About the Author: Edd Mustill is a trade unionist and labour historian.
336 Pages
History, Social History

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Book Synopsis

Midnight, 30 April 1926. Coalowners lock out a million miners. In response, British workers across the country down their tools. Britain's first General Strike has begun.

The government feared that the country teetered on the brink of revolution. Trade union leaders thought they'd be shot by the end of the week. For nine days, trains, buses and trams stopped running. Lorries could only leave the docks protected by military convoy. In Birmingham, the police hunted down city councillors, and in London they raided trade union headquarters. And for those in the coalfields, from South Wales to Scotland, the strike would not last nine days, but nine months.

On the strike's centenary, Edd Mustill tells the story of why millions of workers came out on strike, and why the government did anything it could to quash them.

About the Author

Edd Mustill is a trade unionist and labour historian. He is the author of The Sheffield Workers' Committee: Rank and file trade unionism during the First World War and the editor of The Global Labour Movement: An Introduction. He lives in Sheffield.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)

Weight: .78 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 336

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: Social History

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Format: Paperback

Author: Edd Mustill

Language: English

Street Date: June 11, 2026

TCIN: 1006771786

UPC: 9781836430681

Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-8131

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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