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"Parish-Fed Bastards": A History of the Politics of the Unemployed in Britain, 1884-1939 (Contributions in Labor Studies)
ParishFed Bastards A History of the Politics of the Unemployed in Britain 18841939 - Contributions in Labor Studies Author:Richard Flanagan This volume breaks tradition with previous studies of the unemployed in Britain. It offers a history highlighting the active political nature of the unemployed--not a depiction of the unemployed as passive victims of the system. Beginning with the first appearance of the jobless as a political voice in 1884 and continuing until the end of the Na... more »tional Unemployment Workers' Movement in 1939, Flanagan examines the unemployed in relation to their society and how their diversity was able to create a political entity in times of economic and social crisis. The study reaches beyond the immediate subject as its conclusions reflect on the reasons and possible solutions for conflict between classes in any society.« less