Unemployment and the state in Britain : The means test and protest in 1930s south Wales and north-east England /

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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 unemplo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ward, Stephanie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York [New York] : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Unemployed > Wales, South > Social conditions > 20th century.
Unemployed > England, North East > Social conditions > 20th century.
Means tests > Wales, South > History > 20th century.
Means tests > Social aspects > England, North East > History > 20th century.
Unemployment > Wales, South > History > 20th century.
Unemployment > England, North East > History > 20th century.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Item Description:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-285) and index.
ISBN:9781526112330
Access:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.

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