3rd Edition

The Slump Britain in the Great Depression

By John Stevenson, Chris Cook Copyright 2009
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

'One of the most relentlessly brilliant studies of twentieth-century Britain ... these young historians have found a marvellous theme and stuck to it. Theirs is the glory!'   Professor Arthur Marwick, History The 1930s - remembered as the decade of dole queues and hunger marches, mass unemployment, the means test, and the rise of fascism - also saw the development of new industries,... Read more

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction to the New Edition

1. Myth and Reality: Britain in the 1930s
2. The Dawn of Affluence
3. The Hungry Thirties
4. The Problem of Unemployment
5. The Impact of Unemployment
6. The General Election of 1931
7. Politics and the People, 1931-5
8. The Communist Party
9. The National Unemployed Workers' Movement
10. Hunger Marches and Demonstrations
11. The Fascist Challenge
12. The Government and Public Order
13. The General Election of 1935
14. The Revolution That Never Was

15. Afterword: Back to the Thirties?

Notes

Bibliography

Biography

John Stevenson, Chris Cook