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Parish-Fed Bastards - A History of the Politics of the Unemployed in Britain, 1884-1939 (Hardcover, New)
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Parish-Fed Bastards - A History of the Politics of the Unemployed in Britain, 1884-1939 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Contributions in Labor Studies
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This volume breaks tradition with previous studies of the
unemployed in Britain. It offers a history highlighting the active
political nature of the unemployed, rather than a depiction of them
as passive victims of the system whose existence signals economic
decline and social injustice. Beginning with the first appearance
of the jobless as a political group in 1884, Richard Flanagan
reduces large amounts of available information on their
activities-- outlining the major points that define the nature of
the politics of the unemployed, discussing their troubled
leadership, and documenting the government's response to their
efforts through the end of the National Unemployment Workers'
Movement in 1939. Curious as to why much of the information about
Britain's unemployed has been overlooked, Flanagan lifts the
literature on the subject out of what he considers to be a largely
fictionalized view by presenting a factual, historically relevant
account examining the unemployed in relation to their society, past
and present, and how they were able to overcome their diversity at
certain times of crisis to form a single political voice and gain
some control over their lives. The study reaches beyond the
immediate subject, as its conclusions reflect upon the connection
between unemployment and any industrialized society, the viability
of certain solutions to the conflicts between classes, and most
importantly, the political influence that even the most
disadvantaged can exert if encouraged to take an active role in
their future.
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