Unemployment and the state in Britain : the means test and protest in 1930s south Wales and north-east England / Stephanie Ward.
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TextPublisher: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (viii, 292 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781526112330
- 1526112337
- 9781526112323
- 1526112329
- 1781705992
- 9781781705995
- Unemployment -- England, North East -- History -- 20th century
- Unemployment -- Wales, South -- History -- 20th century
- Means tests -- Social aspects -- England, North East -- History -- 20th century
- Means tests -- Wales, South -- History -- 20th century
- Unemployed -- England, North East -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Unemployed -- Wales, South -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Examen des ressources (Sécurité économique) -- Aspect social -- Angleterre (Nord-Est) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Examen des ressources (Sécurité économique) -- Pays de Galles (Sud) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Chômeurs -- Angleterre (Nord-Est) -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle
- Chômeurs -- Pays de Galles (Sud) -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
- HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
- Means tests
- Unemployed -- Social conditions
- Unemployment
- England -- England, North East
- South Wales
- 1900-1999
- 942.25599999999997
- D5766.A6 W373 2013
- HD5766.A6 W37 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Stephanie Ward is Lecturer in Modern Welsh History at Cardiff University.
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