The second Labour Government has long been a source of both popular and historical controversy. Formed with high hopes in June 1929, it was unable to deal with the mounting unemployment from late 1929 and in August 1931 collapsed in dramatic circumstances when its Prime Minister, Ramsay Macdonald, formed a National Government to carry through measures he believed necessary to save the country from a financial disaster. Shunning the "high politics" approach of much of the existing historiography, Neil Riddell seeks to ...
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The second Labour Government has long been a source of both popular and historical controversy. Formed with high hopes in June 1929, it was unable to deal with the mounting unemployment from late 1929 and in August 1931 collapsed in dramatic circumstances when its Prime Minister, Ramsay Macdonald, formed a National Government to carry through measures he believed necessary to save the country from a financial disaster. Shunning the "high politics" approach of much of the existing historiography, Neil Riddell seeks to understand the second Labour government not primarily in relation to the 1931 crisis, or to the economic debates of the period, but in the context of the "wider Labour movement": the trade unions; the local Labour parties, the parliamentary Labour Party and the party's intellectuals. In so doing, he provides a fresh of both the second Labour Government and of the Labour movement of the years 1929-31, and he is able to provide fresh answers to pivotal questions.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0719050847.