Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction: The Keelmen and their Masters
- 1 Early Troubles, 1633–99
- 2 The Keelmen's Charity, 1699–1712: Success, Conflict and Collapse
- 3 The Keelmen's Charity: Attempts at Revival, 1717–70
- 4 The Charity Established
- 5 Combinations and Strikes 1710–38
- 6 The ‘Villainous Riot’ of 1740 and its Aftermath
- 7 The Strikes of 1744 and 1750
- 8 The Appeal to Parliament
- 9 A New Threat
- 10 The Impressment of Keelmen
- 11 The Strike of 1809: The Keelmen Prevail
- 12 The Strike of 1819: A Partial Victory
- 13 ‘The Long Stop’ of 1822: The Keelmen Defeated
- 14 The Keelmen go to Law
- 15 The Decline of the Keelmen
- 16 The Magistrates and the Keelmen
- 17 The Keelmen and Trade Unionism
- Bibliography
- Index
15 - The Decline of the Keelmen
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction: The Keelmen and their Masters
- 1 Early Troubles, 1633–99
- 2 The Keelmen's Charity, 1699–1712: Success, Conflict and Collapse
- 3 The Keelmen's Charity: Attempts at Revival, 1717–70
- 4 The Charity Established
- 5 Combinations and Strikes 1710–38
- 6 The ‘Villainous Riot’ of 1740 and its Aftermath
- 7 The Strikes of 1744 and 1750
- 8 The Appeal to Parliament
- 9 A New Threat
- 10 The Impressment of Keelmen
- 11 The Strike of 1809: The Keelmen Prevail
- 12 The Strike of 1819: A Partial Victory
- 13 ‘The Long Stop’ of 1822: The Keelmen Defeated
- 14 The Keelmen go to Law
- 15 The Decline of the Keelmen
- 16 The Magistrates and the Keelmen
- 17 The Keelmen and Trade Unionism
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Keelmen of TynesideLabour Organisation and Conflict in the North–East Coal Industry, 1600–1830, pp. 177 - 186Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2011