Britain's Revolutionary Summer (The General Strike of 1926)
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Product Details
Author:
Edd Mustill
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
336
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications (June 11, 2026)
Imprint:
Oneworld Publications
Release Date:
June 11, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781836430681
ISBN-10:
183643068X
Weight:
9.38oz
Dimensions:
5.3" x 8.5" x 0.95"
File:
Eloquence-SimonSchuster_05012026_P10030115_onix30-20260501.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$24.95
Pub Discount:
65
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$19.21
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
Discount Code:
A
Overview
Midnight, 30 April 1926. Mineowners 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 was teetering 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 all it could to quash them.
The government feared that the country was teetering 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 all it could to quash them.
