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Rhondda' - even now, the name evokes the turbulent times when Rhondda (actually two valleys, the Fawr and Fach) was synonymous with the deep-mining of steam coal. This is a story of pioneering deep-mining and unbridled capitalism: the prospecting of two valleys, unfettered by health and safety, amid divisive industrial relations and scarce health-care. The result fired railways, steam-powered shipping and the engines of the Industrial Revolution across the world. Using a mixture of historical and modern photographs, coloured by personal testimony and memories, this book reveals the vibrant, turbulent, often tragic record of Rhondda: from pastoral vale via 'black gold'-rush to grimy industrial prime, followed by the twentieth-century economic slide, the demise of all its fifty-three collieries and today's valleys - a mainly residential landscape of green hills.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Industry & industrial studies Primary industries

• Full title: Rhondda Collieries Through Time
• Author: David Swidenbank
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781445610641
• ISBN: 1445610647
• ID: 01345182
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Weight: 306 g
• Dimensions: 165 × 235 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. May 2013

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