Strikes and the Press in the North-East, 1815–44: A Note
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JV Corrigan
International Review of Social History, 1978•cambridge.orgMaurice Milne's article restricts its discussion of press treatment of industrial disputes in this
period to an analysis of coverage of three strikes in three Newcastle upon Tyne papers. He
passes from this review to the following conclusion: The facile assumption that radical
political beliefs would predispose their holder to espouse the cause of organised labour will
not stand up to close scrutiny, at least where one important industrial region and its
newspapers are concerned.
period to an analysis of coverage of three strikes in three Newcastle upon Tyne papers. He
passes from this review to the following conclusion: The facile assumption that radical
political beliefs would predispose their holder to espouse the cause of organised labour will
not stand up to close scrutiny, at least where one important industrial region and its
newspapers are concerned.
Maurice Milne's article restricts its discussion of press treatment of industrial disputes in this period to an analysis of coverage of three strikes in three Newcastle upon Tyne papers. He passes from this review to the following conclusion:The facile assumption that radical political beliefs would predispose their holder to espouse the cause of organised labour will not stand up to close scrutiny, at least where one important industrial region and its newspapers are concerned.
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