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Record Nr.

UNINA9910529662703321

Autore

Perry Matt <1967->

Titolo

Prisoners of want [[electronic resource] ] : the experience and protest of the unemployed in France, 1921-45 / / Matt Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-281-09930-9

9786611099305

0-7546-8652-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Studies in labour history

Disciplina

331.13/7094409043

Soggetti

Unemployed - France - History - 20th century

Manpower policy - France - History - 20th century

Labor movement - France - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The experience of unemployment in France between the wars -- Movements of the unemployed in the 1920s -- The Parisian unemployed movement, 1930-33 -- Early regional unemployed movements, 1931-33 -- The Lille to Paris hunger march -- After the hunger march : the rising militancy of the unemployed in 1934 -- The coming of the Popular Front and the unemployed movements -- The Popular Front government and the unemployed -- Unemployment and the war years, 1940-45.

Sommario/riassunto

Prisoners of Want examines the experience of the unemployed and their protests in France in the turbulent interwar years. It considers the peculiarities of the French experience of mass unemployment and explores the relationship between these movements and the authorities, both government policy-makers and those concerned with public order. The book fills a gap in our knowledge of the French Communist Party, the Resistance, and the French welfare state. As such it will be essential reading for anyone interested in modern French history.