num_pages: 344
description: Geographically isolated and long regarded as the "quintessential" proletarians, industrial bogeymen and revolutionaries, coal miners occupy an important place in the history of industrial radicalism in New Zealand. Looking behind the stereotypes, this study tells a story about New Zealand's industrial past, with clear identification of the central issues and attention to the colorful personalities involved.
language: English
title: Coal, Class & Community: The United Mineworkers of New Zealand, 1880–1960
titlecomplete: Coal, Class & Community: The United Mineworkers of New Zealand, 1880–1960
publisher: Auckland University Press