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Local and international newspapers on hard coal phase-out in Romania (1962-2015)
This dataset is a collection of quotes from local and international newspapers on hard coal phase-out in Romania (translated into English), collected for the period of 1962-2015 published within three weeks around a pre-selected key event (see paper) and on every fifth Day of the Miner starting with 1962.
The newspapers included are:
Adevărul
Scânteia
România Liberă
Cronica...
Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Wages, Earnings and Consumer Expenditure, 1840-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This machine-readable version of John Williams' <i>Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics</i> is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University...
Contemporary Data on the Diffusion and Productivity of Coal Mechanisation in Britain to 1939
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A common feature of Britain's staple industries during the sixty years to 1939 was a rejection of the new production technologies adopted by their main overseas competitors. This project investigated the extent to which 'path dependence' accounts for the failure of these industries to adopt the new...
Labour Market Experiences of Miners Following Colliery Closure, South Wales, 1985-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To describe and explain what happened to the workforce following the closure of Markham colliery in the South Wales coalfield in 1985.
It is essentially a labour market study where the labour market responses of former miners are analysed: their initial redundancy/relocation decision, their assessment of...
Scots Miners 1891 Census Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aim of the project was to analyse the factors influencing trade unionism and politics in the Scots coalfields during the period 1874-1939. The objective of the census survey was to provide information on occupation, age, marital status and place of birth of mineworkers in ten localities which...
Occupation and Family in the Somerset Coalfield and St Helens, 1851
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To investigate how economic changes in two relatively discrete mining districts of Somerset and Lancashire may have influenced the kind of demographic changes occurring in them during the first half of the nineteenth century.Main Topics:Variables
Age, birthplace, family size, family structure, child-woman...
Productivity and Household Economy in a Tyneside Mining Community, 1774-1867
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project employed computer-aided longitudinal analysis of work records from a nineteenth-century coal mining community. It examined how household labour supplies and exogenous demand for coal were mediated through the work environment. It sought to amend existing views of the historic family economy...
Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics : Coal, 1780-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This machine-readable version of John Williams' <i>Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics</i> is the result of a collaboration between the Statistical Directorate of the National Assembly for Wales, the History Data Service and the Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis at Queen's University...
Great Britain Historical Database : Economic Distress and Labour Markets Data : Hours of Work Statistics, 1900-1913
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information...
Victorian Household Panel Study, 1890-1893; Release 1a, Release 1b and Release 2
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the project was to study the labour supply, effort, and decisions of the workers employed at the Garesfield Bute pit in County Durham.Main Topics:The Victorian Household Panel Study has been compiled from four sources: the wages book and plans of Garesfield Bute pit at High Spen in County...
Great Britain Historical Database : Labour Markets Database, Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1845-1913
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Great Britain Historical Database has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information...
Coal and Community: A Comparative Study of Three Mining Communities after the Strike, 1984-1988
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is available via the UK Data Service Qualibank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
This is a comparative study carried out by Critcher and colleagues of three mining communities in Yorkshire,...