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<p><strong>'One of the most relentlessly brilliant studies of twentieth-century Britain ... these young historians have found a marvellous theme and stuck to it. Theirs is the glory!'</strong> <strong><em>Professor Arthur Marwick History</em></strong></p><p>The 1930s - remembered as the decade of dole queues and hunger marches mass unemployment the means test and the rise of fascism - also saw the development of new industries the growth of comfortable suburbia and rising standards of living for many. In <em>Britain in the Depression</em> the authors look behind the legends for an objective - and timely - reassessment as Britain again struggles with the economic and spiritual ills of recession and unemployment.</p>