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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • part I. Overview
  • 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 collective action, 1936-41
  • Conclusion.

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