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Titolo: | Social Conditions in Britain 1918-1939 |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, Jan. 2002 |
Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor] | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
Disciplina: | 643.094109041 |
941.083 | |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Social conditions 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Persona (resp. second.): | ConstantineStephen |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Employment and unemployment; Family income and expenditure; Housing; Health; Conclusion; Select bibliography |
Sommario/riassunto: | One 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 chang |
Titolo autorizzato: | Social Conditions in Britain 1918-1939 |
ISBN: | 1-135-83582-9 |
1-280-56720-1 | |
9786610567201 | |
0-203-12966-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910450551903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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