Coalmining was a notoriously dangerous Industry and many of its workers experienced injury and disease.
A diverse range of sources are used to examine the economic, social, political and Cultural i.
This book looks at British Coal through the lens of disability, using an interdisciplinary approach to examine the lives of disabled miners and their families.
However, the experiences of the many disabled people within Britain\'s most dangerous Industry have gone largely unrecognised by historians.
Coalmining was a notoriously dangerous Industry and many of its workers experienced injury and disease