Unemployment in Britain Between the Wars
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Erschienen am 30. Juli 2014
128 Seiten
978-1-317-88106-3 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Drawing on a range of contemporary evidence, Stephen Constantine studies the nature and causes of unemployment in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s, and analyzes the failure of successive inter-war governments to make a constructive response.
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Englisch
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London
Großbritannien
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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5,26 MB
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978-1-317-88106-3 (9781317881063)
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Inhalt
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
Part One: The Background
1 THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM 1
2 ECONOMIC CAUSES 5
Cyclical unemployment 6
Structural unemployment 9
Part Two: The Effects of Economic Depression
3 SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES 17
The geography of unemployment and migration 17
Who were the unemployed? 22
Poverty 25
Health 30
Morale 36
4 UNEMPLOYMENT POLICIES 45
1920-1925 46
1925-1931 57
1931-1939 67
Part Three: Assessment 77
Part Four: Documents 85
BIBLIOGRAPHY 108
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
Part One: The Background
1 THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM 1
2 ECONOMIC CAUSES 5
Cyclical unemployment 6
Structural unemployment 9
Part Two: The Effects of Economic Depression
3 SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES 17
The geography of unemployment and migration 17
Who were the unemployed? 22
Poverty 25
Health 30
Morale 36
4 UNEMPLOYMENT POLICIES 45
1920-1925 46
1925-1931 57
1931-1939 67
Part Three: Assessment 77
Part Four: Documents 85
BIBLIOGRAPHY 108
INDEX
