Bread and Work

The Experience of Unemployment 1918-39

Matt Perry

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English

Pluto Press
20 January 2000

British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Poverty & unemployment; Central government policies; Employment & unemployment

Between the world wars, unemployment spread throughout the industrialised world like a disease. In Bread and Work, Matt Perry places this global unemployment crisis in its proper international context. Focusing on Britain, Europe and the United States, he compares and contrasts popular attitudes and the government response toward unemployment.

Looking beyond statistics and economic cycles, Perry investigates the human impact of unemployment. He uncovers the experience of being jobless from the perspective of those who lived through it, their employers and their communities. He uses oral history, memoirs, literary accounts, and newspaper articles to reveal the reality of unemployment.

Perry argues that the scale of the crisis has been minimised by historians who have tended to emphasise that prolonged unemployment was the problem of the distressed fringe.

Finally, Perry argues that the lessons of the 1930s have direct relevance today since the structural problems of industrial capitalism remain inherent.

By: Matt Perry
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9780745314815
ISBN 10: 0745314813
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 20 January 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface List of tables Introduction 1. Unemployment: history and perspectives British Experience: 2. Government, Employers and Unemployment 3. The Experience of Unemployment 4. The Labour Party and Unemployment 5. Unemployed Struggles International comparisons: 6. The Unemployed in the USA 7. The Unemployed in Europe Conclusions Glossary Tables Bibliography

Matt Perry teaches at the University of Sunderland. He is the author of Bread and Work (Pluto Press, 2000).