British Unemployment 1919–1939: A Study in Public Policy - Softcover

Garside, W. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521892546 ISBN 13: 9780521892544

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Despite the dominance of unemployment in the historiography of interwar Britain, there is as yet no comprehensive single volume study of government reactions to the problem over the entire period down to 1939. British Unemployment 1919-1939 aims to fill that gap. W.R. Garside draws upon an extensive range of primary and secondary sources to analyze official ameliorative policy toward unemployment and contemporary reactions to such intervention. He assesses the nature and scale of interwar unemployment assistance. Careful study is also made of the impact of unemployment on related areas of economic concerns such as monetary and fiscal policy, industrial change, overseas trade, colonial development, labor supply and the impact of collective bargaining. Comprehensive, informative and clearly written, this book is the fullest account of policy responses to unemployment in the interwar period. It will be invaluable to specialists in recent British economic history and public policy, as well as an essential reference work for students coming to the subject for the first time.

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Book Description:

This 1990 book is a comprehensive study of government reactions to the interwar unemployment problem. Drawing upon an extensive range of primary and secondary sources, it analyses official ameliorative policy towards unemployment and contemporary reactions to such intervention.

Review:

"Written from the perspective of a historian rather than a social scientist, its strengths lie in careful compilation of details from the archives and accurate summarization of the secondary literature, particularly that of the period." Journal of Interdisciplinary History

"...well-organized and clearly written....the best available comprehensive guide to the crucial problem of unemployment and public policy during the period....provide[s] us with a much better understanding of the unemployment problem between the wars and the revolution in economic thought and policy that it helped spawn." Gerard M. Koot, American Historical Review

"...this book is a delight and much needed....a first rate work...." Bentley Brinkerhoff Gilbert, Journal of Economic Literature

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521892546
• ISBN 13: 9780521892544
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432