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I-the growth of nationalisation -- Foundations of laissez-faire -- Natural Law -- Private Property -- Assumptions of Laissez-Faire -- Criticisms of Laissez-Faire -- Theoretical Objections -- Facts against Theory -- Approaches to Nationalisation -- Non-Socialists -- Socialists -- Growth of Nationalisation -- East European Countries -- France -- Britain -- Summary -- II-some aspects of nationalised goal industry -- The Minister of Fuel and Power and the National Coal Board -- The National Coal Board -- Divisions -- Areas -- Collieries -- Trade Unions in Coal-Mining -- The National Union of Mineworkers -- The British Association of Colliery Management -- The National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers -- The National Union of Colliery Winding Enginemen -- Organisations representing workers at Coke Oven and By-Product Plants -- Clerical Staff -- Machinery for Conciliation -- Machinery for Joint Consultation -- Miners' Welfare -- Manpower -- The War-period -- 1947 and after and the Coal Board's efforts -- Plan for Coal -- Summary -- III-conflict in coal-mining: a general survey -- Over-all position of the disputes -- 1947 -- 1948 -- 1949 -- 1950 -- 1951 -- 1952 -- 1953 -- Causes -- General Remarks -- Wages and Disputes -- The hang-over from past relationships -- Dangerous nature of the work -- Technical reorganisation and disputes -- Disputes and the Conciliation machinery -- The Frequency of Small Disputes -- Summary -- IV-unofficial strikes -- Historical Factors -- Centralisation in Trade Unions -- The Leader and the Rank-and-File -- The Mature of the Leader's Duties -- The Sources of the Leader's Power -- "Unofficial" Strikes in Coal-Mining -- The Movement Towards Centralization in the N.U.M. -- The Present Set-up of the N.U.M. -- Effects of Centralisation -- National Executive and "Unofficial" Strikes -- Suggestions -- Summary -- V-some major disputes -- The Concessionary Coal Dispute (1949) -- Background -- The Union's Stand -- The Board's Stand -- Course of the Dispute -- Settlement 117 Some Issues Involved -- The Wage Dispute (1952) -- Background -- The Union's Stand -- The Board's Stand -- The Award -- Reception of the Award -- Settlement -- Some Issues involved -- The Grimethorpe Strike (1947) -- Background -- Course of the Dispute -- Some issues involved -- The Wem Tarw Dispute (1951) -- Background -- The Strikers' Stand -- The Board's Stand -- Course of the Dispute -- Settlement -- Some issues involved -- The Officials' Disputes (1952) -- Background -- Strike in the North-Eastern Division -- Strike in the South-Western Division -- Some issues involved -- Summary -- VI-a field inquiry -- General Remarks and Method of Research -- The Role of Past History -- Winning the Miners' Confidence -- Diversity of Terms used -- The Questionnaire -- Consultative Committees -- Disputes -- The Lodge -- General -- Summary.