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Beschreibung
First published in 1939, "These Poor Hands" was an instant best-seller, catapulting its author, B. L. Coombes, to the front rank of proletarian writers. Coombes was born in England, but he lived for decades in the Vale of Neath in south Wales, and as the economic problems of the 1930s deepened, he turned to writing as a way to spread the word about the plight of miners and their communities to a wider world. Presenting the daily lives 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 human potential.
First published in 1939, "These Poor Hands" was an instant best-seller, catapulting its author, B. L. Coombes, to the front rank of proletarian writers. Coombes was born in England, but he lived for decades in the Vale of Neath in south Wales, and as the economic problems of the 1930s deepened, he turned to writing as a way to spread the word about the plight of miners and their communities to a wider world. Presenting the daily lives 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 human potential.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Autobiography of a Miner in So
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780708315637
ISBN-10: 0708315631
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Coombes, B. L.
Redaktion: Williams, Chris
Auflage: New ed
Hersteller: University of Wales Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Abbildungen: No
Maße: 216 x 139 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: B. L. Coombes
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.11.2002
Gewicht: 0,249 kg
Artikel-ID: 102558471