These Poor Hands

These Poor Hands
Author: Bill Jones,Chris Williams
Publsiher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2002-11-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781783160853

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These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales', was first published in June 1939. It was an instant bestseller, and its fame catapulted its author into the front rank of 'proletarian writers'. B. L. Coombes, an English-born migrant, had lived in the Vale of Neath since before the First World War, but only turned to writing in the 1930s as a way of communicating the plight of the miners and their communities to the wider world. "These Poor Hands" presents, in a documentary style, the working life of the miner as well as the author's experiences in the lock-outs of 1921 and 1926. It demonstrates Coombes' desire to offer an accurate account of the lives of miners and their families, and carries a sincere moral charge in its description of the waste of human potential that is industrial capitalism in decline. Long out of print, "These Poor Hands" has been recognised for over sixty years as the classic miner's autobiography.

These Poor Hands the Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales 1939

These Poor Hands  the Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales  1939
Author: Bert Lewis Coombes
Publsiher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 101381620X

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

These Poor Hands The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales

These Poor Hands   The Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales
Author: B. L. Coombes
Publsiher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781447496199

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Coombes' title These Poor Hands first published in 1939, was an instant best-seller, catapulting the author to the forefront of proletarian writers. Coombes was born in England, but he lived for a large part of his in the Vale of Neath, South Wales, and as the economic problems of the 30s worsened, he turned to writing as a way to spread the news of the plight of miners and their communities to the wider world. He presented the daily life of miners in documentary fashion, with special attention to the damaging lockouts of 1921 and 1926, These Poor Hands retains the power to astonish readers with its description of the ways that unfettered capitalism can lay waste to pure human potential.

These Poor Hands the Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales by B L Coombes

These Poor Hands  the Autobiography of a Miner Working in South Wales  by B L  Coombes
Author: B. L. Coombes
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1939
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:459410232

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A Bibliography of Industrial Relations

A Bibliography of Industrial Relations
Author: G. S. Bain,Gillian B. Woolven,G. B. Woolven
Publsiher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 700
Release: 1979-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521215471

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Reference book comprising a bibliography aiming to bring together secondary source interdisciplinary material on labour relations in the UK between the years 1880 and 1970 - covers employees attitudes, trade unions and employees associations, employers organizations, the labour market and working conditions, etc.

B L Coombes

B  L  Coombes
Author: William D. Jones,Chris Williams
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: STANFORD:36105028797277

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This is the first comprehensive study of one of the most distinctive voices of the south Wales coalfield. Considered by Raymond Williams to be 'the most effective writing about mining life in South Wales', the work of B. L. Coombes portrays coal-mining and coalfield society in south Wales in the first half of the twentieth century. Born in England in 1893, Coombes began to work in the mines before the First World War, coming to prominence as a miner-writer in the late 1930s. His autobiography, These Poor Hands, was published in 1939 and was followed by two further books, Those Clouded Hills and Miners Day, as well as by hundreds of shorter pieces of fiction and non-fiction Drawing on new archival sources as well as on Coombes's published work, this volume examines the man, his writings and the society of which he was a part.

New Perspectives on Modern Wales

New Perspectives on Modern Wales
Author: Sabine Asmus,Katarzyna Jaworska-Biskup
Publsiher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781527524385

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This book discusses issues of Welsh literature, history and the vernacular language of the devolved region of Wales (as a part of the United Kingdom of Northern Ireland and Great Britain). In this context, the volume sheds light on various aspects of the identity construction of a small nation with an endangered language, which is a P-Celtic tongue, known for exhibiting many features alien to Indo-European and SAE languages. All the issues tackled here are presented in diachronic and synchronic perspective, allowing for correlations to be drawn with similar problems faced by other cultures. As such, the volume will be of interest to anyone promoting Wales and Welsh culture within and outside the country, as well as journalists, politicians, linguists, literary scholars, historians, and those interested in areal studies focusing on the UK.

Cardiff and the Valleys at War 1939 45

Cardiff and the Valleys at War  1939   45
Author: Gary Dobbs
Publsiher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781473864634

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When Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, Cardiff and its surroundings, like every other city, town, hamlet and village in the country, sent forth large numbers of young men to fight against the oppression of Hitler and the Nazis. This is a story not only of the war itself, but of the way war affected those far away from the battlefields, and of how a nation stood together in the face of a seemingly unstoppable force.The book pays particular attention to the way Welsh society changed during the war years, far reaching changes that are still felt in the country today. The book details the enormity of the human sacrifice paid by the people of Cardiff and its surrounding areas, but also contains many examples of the way ordinary people stood proud, defiant in their determination to bring about the downfall of the Nazis. Lavishly illustrated with over fifty original and modern-day photographs, this book is essential reading for anyone interest in military and social history.