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Scottish
Mining
 Fife,
the Mining Kingdom
Besides being the definitive work on the history of mining in
the Kingdom, the Kingdom of Fife that is, it is packed full
of fantastic photographs covering all the mining areas of the
county. There are two hundred or so illustrations, representing
pits and communities including Longannet, Bowhill, Valleyfield,
Comrie, Fordell, Blairenbathie, Lumphinnans, the Nelly, Glencraig,
Dundonald, Lochore, Kinglassie, Star, Rothes, Seafield, the
Michael, Wellesley and more. The coverage is very comprehensive
geographically and there are also many pictures featuring other
aspects of mining life, housing, bands, rescue teams, quoiting,
football and so on.
 Scotland's
Black Diamonds: Coal Mining in Scotland
A comprehensive, easy to understand history of Scottish mining.
Made up of self-contained topics the book has been put together
so that it can be dipped in and out of. It is suitable for a
wide range of readers from secondary school age onwards. Covering
the mining industry's history from 1200, its broad range of
topics include the origins of coal, serfdom, child miners, miners'
family life, disasters and hazards, the effect of the world
wars, the iron industry and Nationalisation. Scottish
Mining.
 Twenty
Years Down the Mines
A first hand account of the everyday work and woes in this now
all but disappeared industry - deceptively ordinary, but you
can almost taste the dust. Ian's account of his working life
will strike a chord with thousands of ex-miners and bring to
life the day to day trials and tribulations of the mining industry.
The mines featured in the book are Cardowan, Seafield, and the
ill-fated Rothes. Scottish Mining.
 Shale
Voices
This comprehensive work features oral history, local journalism
and family history to provide documentation of Scotland's shale
mining industry; of the people, communities and generations
of families involved, and the cultural and political impact
of the industry. It includes numerous photographs, drawings,
poetry and short stories which should appeal to any reader with
an interest in Scotland's social and cultural history. Scottish
Mining.
 Colliers
Across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland
and the American Midwest, 1830-1924 (Working Class in American
History S.)
This masterful study charts the extensive common ground and
telling differences between two widely separated coal-mining
communities: Lanarkshire, in the Clyde Valley of southwest Scotland,
and the northern Illinois coalfield that became a prime destination
for skilled Scottish migrant miners in the mid-nineteenth century.
Challenging the prevailing exceptionalist paradigm of labor
history, John Laslett examines the social, economic, and political
context of each of these communities in generous detail. He
traces the progressive heightening of class consciousness as
the coal industry evolved from skilled hand labor to an increasingly
mechanized extraction process and the escalating hostility between
miners and mineowners as their interests split along class lines.
Examining the rise of militant industrial unionism in both areas,
Laslett provides a sophisticated explanation of the American
and Scottish miners' divergent approaches to collectivist solutions.
Based on a profound knowledge of both communities, "Colliers
across the Sea" tells a compelling story of industrial
transformation's human costs, of conflict and greed, and of
democratic aspirations and community.
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