John Buddle, 1773-1843. Agent and entrepreneur in the north east coal trade

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Provides the first scholarly study of Buddle. Sections include: 'The craft call'd viewers'; 'The 'mighty chiefs' of oppression'; 'Gentlemen and adventurers; 'Know the man'; 'Wallsend and Tanfield Moor'; 'Consultant viewer and engineer' - head viewer, the Lambton Collieries, consultant viewer, work outside the North East, work abroad'; 'Non-colliery engineering'; 'Londonderry agent - the situation in 1819'; 'The Londonderry hierarchy'; 'Strategy and tactics at the Londonderry collieries - transport and shipping, underground improvements, territorial policy, conclusions'; 'Seaham Harbour - introductory, harbour, railway, town, finance, the later years'; 'Buddle, Londonderry and the coal trade - introductory, attitudes to regulation, the maintenance of price, the pursuit of quantity, relationships within the Wear trade, relationships with the Tyne, relationship of Buddle and Londonderry'; "A black cloud that o'er spreads me' - introductory, income, debts, expenditure, remedies, conclusions'; 'Buddle as colliery owner'; 'Labour relations'