(Social Science Monograph Series, Vol. 1 - Number 4)
Paperback: 155 pages
Language: English
Book Description:
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| Take a deeper look into the book |
Clinton E. Jencks' "Men Underground: Working Conditions of British Coal Miners Since Nationalization" offers an analysis of wages, working
conditions, and human relations in British coal mines before and after
public ownership was established in 1947. Presented in a non-technical
style, the text is accessible to the general reader. It is amply
augmented with supplements which include photographs, charts, and tables
of statistics on wages. An extensive bibliography on sources and
collateral references is included. "Men Underground" is a valuable work
for libraries with research collections in the social sciences, as well
as for those interested in miners, labor relations, or the controversy
over public and private ownership. Originally published in 1969.
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| Jenecks from the movie, "Salt of the Earth" |
Clinton Jencks, (March 1, 1918 – December 15, 2005), was a lifelong
activist in labor and social justice causes, most famous for union
organizing among New Mexico's miners, acting in the 1954 film Salt of the Earth (where he portrayed "Frank Barnes", a character based on
himself), and enduring years of government prosecution for allegedly
falsifying a Taft-Hartley non-communist affidavit. Jencks' years in New
Mexico were marked by an upsurge of local Chicano labor activism at the
same time that left-wing unions were withstanding employer offensives,
and anticommunist legislation. Jencks helped consolidate a Chicano
leadership of Mine-Mill Local 890...
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