Politics of the past: inter-war memories and the making of British popular politics, 1939-2009

The inter-war period (1918-1939) is still remembered as a period of mass deprivation - the 'hungry thirties'. But how did this impression emerge? Thousands of conversations about life in the inter-war period - between parents and children around the dinner table; among workmates at the pub...

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Main Author: Cowan, David 1994- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:Modern British histories
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:The inter-war period (1918-1939) is still remembered as a period of mass deprivation - the 'hungry thirties'. But how did this impression emerge? Thousands of conversations about life in the inter-war period - between parents and children around the dinner table; among workmates at the pub - shaped these understandings. In turn, these fed into popular politics. Stories about the embryonic welfare system in the early-twentieth century informed how people felt towards the National Health Service; memories of the Great Depression shaped arguments about state intervention in the economy. Challenging accounts of widespread political disengagement in the twentieth century, Politics of the Past shows how re-telling family stories about the inter-war period offered ordinary people an accessible way of engaging in politics. Drawing on six local case studies across Scotland and England, this book explains how stories about the inter-war working-class experience in industrial areas came to appear commonplace nationwide
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2024)
Glasgow: planning the post-war city -- London: Inter-war memories at home -- Huddersfield: education and the politics of memory -- Luton: migration and workplace politics -- Aberdeen: healthcare in older age -- Birmingham: immigration and the global politics of the past
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 287 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009340304
DOI:10.1017/9781009340304