Contributors;  1. Introduction  2. Social Structure and Social Change in the Twentieth-Century  3. The Legacy of Mining  4. Durham Mining Villages  5. The Leek  6. The Influence of Peter Lee  7. Politics and Housing in a Durham Mining Town  8.

The Stronghold if Labour  9. The Character of Local Politics  10. Inter-War Unemployment in West Durham  11. Employment and Unemployment in Mining  12. Change, Policy and Planning since 1918  13. The Origins of Newton Aycliffe  14. The Foundations of Peterlee New Town  15. The Decline of Mining: a Case Study in Spennymoor  16.

The Growth of Factory Industry: Miners become Textile Operatives;  Appendix A: Guide to Further Reading on County Durham;  Appendix B: The Study of Coal-Mining Settlements and Theories of 'Community';  Appendix C: Personal Documents as Sociological Data;  Acknowledgements;  Index.