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Yukiko Inui, a Ph.D student from Japan studying the history of photography in the UK, has been looking at the portrayal of Brithish coal mining on postcards. She makes the following comment - >I would also like to write about the fact that there can >be seen strong heroism of miners in general in the >postcard period, which seems very different from the >Japanese miners. I can see the atmosphere of masculine >sense in the history of Japanese coal mining, but the British >miners' heroism seems much stronger. And asks - >Do you have any references on this issue in the field of >the social or cultural history of mines? Can list members help with references and perhaps comment on the comparison she has made between heroism amongst coal miners in Britain and Japan. Post responses to the list and copy to INUI Yukiko <[log in to unmask]> Peter ______________________________________________ Peter Claughton, Blaenpant Morfil, Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE. Tel. 01437 532578; Fax. 01437 532921; Mobile 07831 427599 University of Exeter - School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies (Centre for South Western Historical Studies) E-mail: [log in to unmask] Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list. See http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/mining-history/ for details. Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/ _____________________________________________