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The slump : Britain in the Great Depression /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stevenson, John, 1946-
Other Authors: Cook, Chris, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2010.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1910-1936.
Table of Contents:
  • Myth and reality : Britain in the 1930s
  • The dawn of affluence
  • The hungry thirties
  • The problem of unemployment
  • The impact of unemployment
  • The general election of 1931
  • Politics and the people, 1931-5
  • The Communist Party
  • The national unemployed workers' movement
  • Hunger marches and demonstrations
  • The fascist challenge
  • The government and public order
  • The general election of 1935 and after
  • The revolution that never was
  • Afterword : back to the 1930s?