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Oxford University Press Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, 1939-1955

Name: Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, 1939-1955
Brand: Oxford University Press
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Austerity in Britain is the first book to explore the entire episode of rationing, austerity, and fair shares from 1939 until 1955. These policies were central to the British war effort and to post-war reconstrucion. The book analyses the connections between government policy, consumption, gender, and party politics during and after the Second World War. The economic background to austerity, the policy's administration, and changes in consumption standards are examined. Rationing resulted in at times extensive black markets and popular attitudes to the policy ranged from wartime acquiescence to post-war discontent. Austerity in Britain qualifies the myth of common sacrifice on the home front and highlights the limitations of the fair-shares policy which failed to achieve genuine equality between the classes or between men and women. The continuation of rationing and austerity policies after 1945 was central to party politics. Disaffecton, particulary among women, undermined Labour's popularity while the Conservatives' critique of austerity was instrumental in the party's victories at the general elections of 1951 and 1955.

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Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, 1939-1955

Product type: ABIS BOOK

Brand: Oxford University Press

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Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0199251029
Category: Books > Subjects > History > World History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 June 2002
Listed Since: 06 February 2007

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