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Author:

Stevenson, John, 1946-

Title:

The slump : Britain in the Great Depression / John Stevenson and Chris Cook.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

Pearson Longman,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiv, 335 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
Great Britain--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1910-1936.

Other Authors:

Cook, Chris, 1945-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

ISBN:

1408230100 (alk. paper)
9781408230107 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)423388345

LCCN:

2009025961

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)