A Tale of Two Industries: The Contraction of Coal and Steel in the North East of England.

Abstract

Part 1 The context - coal and steel 1970-85 expansion and contraction - two sides of state planning international markets a privatizing tendency Part 2 The closure of Horden colliery the colliery and its reserves closure Part 3 Themes, issues, problems rationalization, privatization and the market halting economic decline