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As well as summaries and reviews of books and publications about North East radical history, we have prepared a general reading list, intended to help users to become acquainted with material on North East radical history (labour, socialist, radical, feminist).

Books and Publications about North East history

• John Charlton: Don’t you hear the H-Bomb’s thunder
• Edited by Keith Armstrong: The Hive of Liberty: The Life and Work of Thomas Spence (1750-1814)

• Lewis Mates: The Great Labour Unrest: Rank-and-file movements and political change in the Durham coalfield

Other Books and Publications

• Roy Parker: Hoddlesden and its satellite villages
• Don Watson: Squatting in Britain, 1945-1955. Housing, Politics and Direct Action
• Dave Harker: Cat-Gut Jim. Ned Corvan’s Life & Times
• Dave Harker: The Gallowgate Lad. Joe Wilson’s life & Songs