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""The NUM and British Politics"" makes use of union material and party and government archives, as well as oral testimony, much of it highly confidential, to present an overall account of the evolving nature of the tripartite relationship between the miners, the NUM and the state.

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'This carefully researched and clearly written volume makes an important contribution to our understanding both of nationalized industries and of the trade union movement, and represents a complementary alternative to Ashworth's official history of the coal industry as a starting point for scholars and students.' Economic History Review '... a highly readable and informative account of the miners' union - from its birth to its virtual death... a fascinating picture of an important part of the lost world of Britain's industrial politics from the end of the Second World War to the privatisation of the coal industry.' Tribune

'This carefully researched and clearly written volume makes an important contribution to our understanding both of nationalized industries and of the trade union movement, and represents a complementary alternative to Ashworth's official history of the coal industry as a starting point for scholars and students.' Economic History Review '... a highly readable and informative account of the miners' union - from its birth to its virtual death... a fascinating picture of an important part of the lost world of Britain's industrial politics from the end of the Second World War to the privatisation of the coal industry.' Tribune

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Andrew Taylor, University of Sheffield, UK

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