Title Fighting back : the politics of the unemployed in Victoria in the Great Depression / Charlie Fox

Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2000

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Description xi, 281 pages ; 22 cm Contents 1. Fighting back today -- 2. Organising -- 3. Families and struggle -- 4. Single unemployed workers -- 5. Shelter -- 6. Striking on the dole -- 7. Relief work struggles -- 8. Fighting for the right to be heard Summary Work for the dole is not a new idea. It was introduced in Victoria in 1932 and became one of the battlegrounds of the politics of unemployment. In this important and topical study, Charles Fox shows that far from being apathetic, unemployed workers were active, organised and remarkably successful in their aims Analysis Great Depression History, 1901-1945 Political participation Unemployed Unemployment benefits Victoria Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 268-276 Subject Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Victoria. Unemployed -- Political activity -- Australia -- Victoria -- History. Unemployed -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 20th century. Unemployed -- Political activity -- Australia -- Victoria. SUBJECT Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436 -- 1929-1939 LC no. 2001411968 ISBN 0522849016

Other Titles Politics of the unemployed in Victoria in the Great Depression

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