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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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Description for Unemployment and the State in Britain: The Means Test and Protest in 1930s South Wales and North-East England
Hardback. Explores the impact of the highly controversial means test in south Wales and north-east England Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white tables, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings, 2 m. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719086809
SKU
V9780719086809
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Stephanie Ward
Stephanie Ward is Lecturer in Modern Welsh History at Cardiff University -- .
Reviews for Unemployment and the State in Britain: The Means Test and Protest in 1930s South Wales and North-East England
...the author has made full use of primary sources in both regions, and she reaches significant conclusions.
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