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- Politics, Reform and the impact of War
- Early British Radicals
- The Chartists
- Gladstone and Disraeli - Reform and Rivalry
- 1890-1922 - Change and Reform
- Domestic impact of World War I (Part 1)
- Domestic impact of World War I (Part 2)
- Social, political and economic problems of the 1920s and 30s
- Britain and World War II
- 1945-64 - Post War Consensus and the welfare state
- 1964-79 - Reasons for the growing domestic problems under the Labour and Conservative Governments
- Margaret Thatcher and her legacy
- Britain and Europe: relations since 1945.
- Britain and the Cold War (Part 1)
- Britain and the Cold War (Part 2)
- About the Authors
Social, political and economic problems of the 1920s and 30s
In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield examines the key social, political and economic problems of the 1920s and 30s.
1. Unemployment, new industries, expansion of the South East, the suffering of the Celtic fringe and a declining population. |
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2. A period of transition: the rise of the car and its impact. |
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3. The General Strike of 1926: The emergence of major industrial disputes. |
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4. The Spanish Civil War: The Threat of Fascism & France surrounded. |
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5. The decline of Liberalism and the emergence of the Labour Party. |
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6. The emergence of new political groups: Oswald Moseley and British Fascism. The Independent Labour Party, the Communist Party. The first decades of the Modern Parliamentary Democratic system - large increase of voters 7-25 million voters. |
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7. Conclusion. |
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Suggested Reading: D. H. Aldcroft, The Inter-War Years 1919-39 (1970). S. Constantine, Unemployment in Britain between the Wars (1980) C. Chinn,They Worked All Their Lives: Women of the Urban Poor in England 1880-1939 (1988) Keith Laybourn, Britain on the Breadline (1990, 1998). John Stevenson, British Society 1914-1945 (1984) J. Stevenson, Social Conditions in Britain between the wars (1977) Keith Laybourn, The General Strike, 1926 (1993). M.Morris, The General Strike (1976, 1980) P. Renshaw, The General Strike (1975). G. A. Phillips, The General Strike: The Politics of Industrial Conflict (1976). Keith Laybourn, A History of British Trade Unionism (1992) Keith Laybourn, A History of British Trade Unionism: A Reader in History (1990) D.Marquand,Ramsay MacDonald (1977) J. Barnes,Stanley Baldwin (1969) R. Skidelsky,Oswald Mosley (1 R. Thurlow, Fascism in Britain: a history 1918-85 (1987). K. Lunn and R.Thurlow,(eds.), British Fascism (1979). L.MacNeill Weir. The Tragedy of Ramsay MacDonald (1938). D. Marquand, Ramsay MacDonald (1977). Tom Buchanan,The Spanish Civil War and the British Labour Movement. (1991). M. Bentley, The Liberal Mind 1914-1929 (1977). T. Wilson, The Downfall of the Liberal Party (1966). C. Chinn, They Worked All Their Lives: Women of the Urban Poor in England 1880-1939 (1988). |
Problems in 20s and 30s Britain 1 (3.06 MB MP3 file (audio))- Problems in 20s and 30s Britain 2 (2.24 MB MP3 file (audio))
- Problems in 20s and 30s Britain 3 (1.57 MB MP3 file (audio))
- Problems in 20s and 30s Britain 4 (4.43 MB MP3 file (audio))
- Problems in 20s and 30s Britain 5 (1.84 MB MP3 file (audio))
- Problems in 20s and 30s Britain 6 (3.14 MB MP3 file (audio))
- Problems in 20s and 30s Britain 7 (1.46 MB MP3 file (audio))