Labour In Conflict: The 1949 Coal Strike
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Two tears at back of jacket - otherwise structural. Pages clean.
A meticulously researched work of Australian labour history, Labour in Conflict: The 1949 Coal Strike chronicles one of the most dramatic and politically charged industrial disputes in the nation's post-war history. Phillip Deery examines the bitter seven-week strike by New South Wales coal miners, illuminating the fierce tensions between the trade union movement, the Chifley Labor government, and the powerful influence of the Communist Party within the coalfields. Written with scholarly precision yet remaining accessible and compelling, the narrative uncovers how the government's decision to deploy the military and freeze union funds marked a pivotal and deeply controversial moment in Australian political life. Deery argues that the conflict exposed fundamental fractures within the labour movement itself, forcing a reckoning between working-class solidarity and the imperatives of Cold War politics. This authoritative account stands as an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the ideological battlegrounds that shaped mid-twentieth-century Australia.
Author: Phillip Deery
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Hale & Iremonger
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Two tears at back of jacket - otherwise structural. Pages clean.
A meticulously researched work of Australian labour history, Labour in Conflict: The 1949 Coal Strike chronicles one of the most dramatic and politically charged industrial disputes in the nation's post-war history. Phillip Deery examines the bitter seven-week strike by New South Wales coal miners, illuminating the fierce tensions between the trade union movement, the Chifley Labor government, and the powerful influence of the Communist Party within the coalfields. Written with scholarly precision yet remaining accessible and compelling, the narrative uncovers how the government's decision to deploy the military and freeze union funds marked a pivotal and deeply controversial moment in Australian political life. Deery argues that the conflict exposed fundamental fractures within the labour movement itself, forcing a reckoning between working-class solidarity and the imperatives of Cold War politics. This authoritative account stands as an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the ideological battlegrounds that shaped mid-twentieth-century Australia.