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Table of Contents
Intro
Foreword
Reference
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Education, Work and Social Change in Britain's Former Coalfield Communities
The Coalfields in Context
Structure and Organisation of the Book
References
Contextualising the Coalfields: Mapping the Socio-Economic and Cultural Loss of the Coal Industry
Introduction
The Tale of Two Billys
The Half-Life of Coal and the Half-Life of Deindustrialisation
Discussion
References
Growing-Up in the Interregnum: Accounts from the South Yorkshire Coalfield
Introduction
State Management of Economic Change
An Economic Interregnum
A New Form of Social Rule?
References
A Conflictual Legacy: Being a Coalminer's Daughter
Introduction
Hard Lives: Four Generations of a Coalmining Family
Challenging Over-Simplified Narratives: Unravelling the Lived Complexities of Mining Communities
Conclusion
References
How Education and Training Developed the Mining Workforce: Oral Recollection and Testimonies
Introduction
Education and Training for the Coal Industry: Early Beginnings
Nationalisation of the Coal Industry: Expansion and Growth of Provision
Miners' Recollections of Their Education and Training
The Mining Surveyor
Area Mining Manager
Mining Apprentice to Author
From Miners to Librarians
From Miner to Ornithologist
Conclusion
References
'Dirty, Dirty Job. Not Good for Your Health': Working-Class Men and Their Experiences and Relationships with Employment
Introduction
Literature Review
Post-World War Two Studies
Experience of Work
The Shift from Manual to Service Sector Work
Contemporary Studies
Contextual Information and Methodology
Findings
'Most Men I Know Are in Construction and That Stuff'
'I'm Just an Active Guy and Want to Keep Moving'
'Dirty, Dirty Job Like. Not Good for Your Health'
Discussion and Conclusion
References
Education, Social Haunting, and Deindustrialisation: Attuning to Ghosts in the Hidden Curriculum
Introduction
Lillydown and Lillydown Primary School
Spectrality, Marxism, and Education
The Social Relations of Schooling: Tracing Ghosts
The Way of the Ghost
The Paradox of Social Haunting
Conclusion: The 'Something-To-Be-Done'
References
Teaching Industrial History After Deindustrialisation: 'Tracks of the Past' in the Scottish Coalfields
Introduction
A Coalfield Heritage
TOTP 1: Background and Lesson Observations
TOTP 2: Outcomes
Conclusion
References
'I Was Never Very Clever, but I Always Survived!': Educational Experiences of Women in Britain's Coalfield Communities, 1944-1990
Introduction
Class
Gender
Imagined Futures
Experiences of School and the Making of the Self
Conclusion
References
Foreword
Reference
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Education, Work and Social Change in Britain's Former Coalfield Communities
The Coalfields in Context
Structure and Organisation of the Book
References
Contextualising the Coalfields: Mapping the Socio-Economic and Cultural Loss of the Coal Industry
Introduction
The Tale of Two Billys
The Half-Life of Coal and the Half-Life of Deindustrialisation
Discussion
References
Growing-Up in the Interregnum: Accounts from the South Yorkshire Coalfield
Introduction
State Management of Economic Change
An Economic Interregnum
A New Form of Social Rule?
References
A Conflictual Legacy: Being a Coalminer's Daughter
Introduction
Hard Lives: Four Generations of a Coalmining Family
Challenging Over-Simplified Narratives: Unravelling the Lived Complexities of Mining Communities
Conclusion
References
How Education and Training Developed the Mining Workforce: Oral Recollection and Testimonies
Introduction
Education and Training for the Coal Industry: Early Beginnings
Nationalisation of the Coal Industry: Expansion and Growth of Provision
Miners' Recollections of Their Education and Training
The Mining Surveyor
Area Mining Manager
Mining Apprentice to Author
From Miners to Librarians
From Miner to Ornithologist
Conclusion
References
'Dirty, Dirty Job. Not Good for Your Health': Working-Class Men and Their Experiences and Relationships with Employment
Introduction
Literature Review
Post-World War Two Studies
Experience of Work
The Shift from Manual to Service Sector Work
Contemporary Studies
Contextual Information and Methodology
Findings
'Most Men I Know Are in Construction and That Stuff'
'I'm Just an Active Guy and Want to Keep Moving'
'Dirty, Dirty Job Like. Not Good for Your Health'
Discussion and Conclusion
References
Education, Social Haunting, and Deindustrialisation: Attuning to Ghosts in the Hidden Curriculum
Introduction
Lillydown and Lillydown Primary School
Spectrality, Marxism, and Education
The Social Relations of Schooling: Tracing Ghosts
The Way of the Ghost
The Paradox of Social Haunting
Conclusion: The 'Something-To-Be-Done'
References
Teaching Industrial History After Deindustrialisation: 'Tracks of the Past' in the Scottish Coalfields
Introduction
A Coalfield Heritage
TOTP 1: Background and Lesson Observations
TOTP 2: Outcomes
Conclusion
References
'I Was Never Very Clever, but I Always Survived!': Educational Experiences of Women in Britain's Coalfield Communities, 1944-1990
Introduction
Class
Gender
Imagined Futures
Experiences of School and the Making of the Self
Conclusion
References