02601nam 2200661Ia 450 991081603890332120200520144314.01-135-83581-01-135-83582-91-280-56720-197866105672010-203-12966-09780203129661(CKB)1000000000007359(EBL)165835(OCoLC)179147502(SSID)ssj0000247363(PQKBManifestationID)11224080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247363(PQKBWorkID)10196725(PQKB)11293858(MiAaPQ)EBC165835(Au-PeEL)EBL165835(CaPaEBR)ebr5001398(CaONFJC)MIL56720(OCoLC)1048177556(OCoLC-P)1048177556(FlBoTFG)9780203129661(EXLCZ)99100000000000735919860103d1983 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrSocial conditions in Britain, 1918-1939 /Stephen Constantine1st ed.London Methuen19831 online resource (57 p.)Lancaster pamphletsDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-16367-8 0-416-36010-6 Includes bibliographical references.Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Employment and unemployment; Family income and expenditure; Housing; Health; Conclusion; Select bibliographyOne popular image of the interwar years portrays the period as a time of depression, deprivation and decay. However, much recent work has tended to take, on balance, a more optimistic view of social conditions. In this pamphlet Dr Constantine examines the basis for such conclusions by reviewing the changing employment porspects for manual and non-manual workers, levels of family expenditure on food, consumer goods and leisure activities, the extent and causes of poverty, the quality of interwar housing and the records of the nation's health. The effects on living standards of demographic changLancaster pamphlets.Great BritainSocial conditions20th century643.094109041941.083Constantine Stephen142184MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816038903321Social conditions in Britain 1918-19391033001UNINA