The Slump: Britain in the Great Depression

ISBN-13: 9781138837539 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 360 str.

John Stevenson; Chris Cook

Opis

The 1930s, remembered as the decade of dole queues, hunger marches, & mass unemployment, also saw the development of new industries, the growth of suburbia, & rising standards of living for many. In this book, the authors look behind the legends for an objective reassessment, as Britain again struggles with recession & unemployment.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction to the New Edition

1. Myth and Reality: Britain in the 1930s
2. The Dawn of Affluence
3. The Hungry Thirties
4. The Problem of Unemployment
5. The Impact of Unemployment
6. The General Election of 1931
7. Politics and the People, 1931-5
8. The Communist Party
9. The National Unemployed Workers' Movement
10. Hunger Marches and Demonstrations
11. The Fascist Challenge
12. The Government and Public Order
13. The General Election of 1935
14. The Revolution That Never Was

15. Afterword: Back to the Thirties?

Notes

Bibliography

O autorze

John Stevenson, Chris Cook