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The General Strike Of 1926
1,224 wordster> Why did the General Strike of 1926 fail and what were the effects the strike had upon industrial relations in Britain? The General Strike of 1926 lasted only nine days and directly involved around 1. 8 million workers. It was the short but ultimate outbreak of a much longer conflict in the mining industry, which lasted from the privatisation of the mines after the First World War until their renewed nationalisation after the Second. The roots of the General Strike in Brita...
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Iron Ore Nineteenth Century
1,315 wordsIntroduction If you look on a map of global population density, you can see four or five major concentrations of people: East Asia, South Asia, North America and Europe. Many of the cities that developed in Europe grew on coalfields as a result of the industrial revolution. But today the factor coal become more and more unimportant and the people in the coal industry are facing huge problems. The highest rates of unemployment can be found in former coal and steel making communities. Their mines ...
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West Virginia Congress Passed
2,142 wordsBluefield Bluefield, Wv BLUEFIELD, W. V. Bluefield is located in southern West Virginia along the foothills of one of the most beautiful mountain valley settings to be found anywhere. The city stands at 2, 612 feet above sea level in the East River Mountain, making it West Virginias loftiest incorporated community. (Greater Bluefield Area Community Profile) With the average temperature in January at 35 o F and July at only 71 o F, Bluefield is nicknamed Natures Air Conditioned City. In fact, a t...
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Long Term Effects Money To Buy
3,210 wordsEconomics in one Lesson Economics in one Lesson is Henry Hazlitt s attempt to educated people about general economic principles and the penalties of ignoring them. He goes into a thorough analysis and dissection of economic fallacies that the American government has implemented. Every government agency is influenced by these errors, so every American is influenced because we all pay taxes. The major economic fallacy is overlooking secondary consequences. There are good and bad economic policies....
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Trade Union Movement First World War
2,437 wordsThe General Strike of 1926 Essay written by Michael Funk Why did the General Strike of 1926 fail and what were the effects the strike had upon industrial relations in Britain? The General Strike of 1926 lasted only nine days and directly involved around 1. 8 million workers. It was the short but ultimate outbreak of a much longer conflict in the mining industry, which lasted from the privatisation of the mines after the First World War until their renewed nationalisation after the Second. The ro...
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