Unemployment and the state in Britain

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Author: Stephanie WardISBN: 9780719086809Publisher: Manchester University PressYear first published: 02 Dec 2013Pages: 304 Format: HardbackUnemployment and the state in Britain off ers 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. -- . Show more