Description |
1 online resource (viii, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
1. Unemployment and the depression in interwar Britain -- 2. Defiance and disobedience: local government, the unemployed and Whitehall -- 3. Accusations, image and experience: the effects of the means test, 1931-34 -- 4. Taking a stand: the response of the unemployed 1931-34 -- 5. The government attempts to take a stand: the establishment of the UAB and mass action -- 6. Towards the welfare state: class, community and collective action, 1936-41 |
Summary |
Unemployment and the state in Britain offers an important and original contribution to understandings of the 1930s. Through a comparative case study of south Wales and the north-east of England, the book explores the impact of the highly controversial means test, the relationship between the unemployed and the government and the nature of some of the largest protests of the interwar period. This study will appeal to students and scholars of the depression, social movements, studies of the unemployed, social policy and interwar British society.-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Stephanie Ward is Lecturer in Modern Welsh History at Cardiff University |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Unemployment -- England, North East -- History -- 20th century
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Unemployment -- Wales, South -- History -- 20th century
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Means tests -- Social aspects -- England, North East -- History -- 20th century
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Means tests -- Wales, South -- History -- 20th century
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Unemployed -- England, North East -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Unemployed -- Wales, South -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Means tests
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Unemployed -- Social conditions
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Unemployment
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England -- England, North East
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South Wales
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781526112330 |
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1526112337 |
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9781526112323 |
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1526112329 |
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1781705992 |
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9781781705995 |
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