Abstract
List of tables Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Introduction: 1. The nature, causes and dimensions of interwar unemployment Part II. The Labour Market under Strain: 2. Defensive action: unemployment relief and public assistance 1919-32 3. Means to an end: insurance, assistance and the categorization of the unemployed, 1932-9 4. In and out of the labour market: hours of work, pensions and the school-leaving age Part III. The International Context: 5. On and off gold: unemployment, monetary policy and the exchange rate 6. Trade, tariffs and the stimulation of exports 7. Men, money and markets: the 'Empire solution' to unemployment, 1919-31 Part IV. Structural Unemployment, Industry and the Regions: 8. Industrial revival and reconstruction 9. Uneven development: regional policy, labour transference and industrial diversification Part V. Macroeconomic Policy Options: Theory and Practice: 10. Pricing jobs: the real wage debate and interwar unemployment 11. Relief or remedy? The development of public works policy, 1920-32 12. The limits of intervention: budgetary orthodoxy and the reduction of unemployment in the 1920s 13. New deal or no deal? Fiscal policy and the search for stability, 1930-9 14. Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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