Social Conditions in Britain 1918-1939
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Author_Stephen Constantine
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Cook
Council Estates
Cyclical Depression
demographic transition
dole
economic policy analysis
english
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halsey
Infant Mortality
Infant Mortality Rate
Inter-War Economy
interwar
Interwar Britain
interwar British social structure
Interwar Housing
journey
Large Families
Leaving Office
London County Council
love
Maternal Mortality Rate
nineteen
Nineteen Thirties
Nineteen Twenties
North
poverty measurement
Private Builders
public health disparities
Rising Living Standards
Semi-Detached London
Slum Houses
social mobility research
Substantial Extracts
thirties
twenties
wage inequality
White Collar Occupations
White Collar Salaried Workers
World War
Young Men
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- ISBN 9781138163676
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 change, economic growth, wage levels and government policies are considered. The period is seen as a time of transition, witnessing significant shifts away from older patterns of employment and social conditions towards those characteristic of an affulent mass consumer society. However, there were casualties from this process of accelerated change, and class and regional inequalities remained.
