Stephanie Ward

Unemployment and the state in Britain (eBook, ePUB)

The means test and protest in 1930s south Wales and north-east England

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112323
• Artikelnr.: 48796011

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Ward is Lecturer in Modern Welsh History at Cardiff University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I 1. Unemployment and the depression in interwar Britain
Part II: 1931-34 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 Part III: 1935-41 5. The government attempts to take a
stand: the establishment of the UAB and mass action 6. Towards the welfare
state: class, community and the collective action, 1936-41 Conclusion
Appendices Bibliography Index