Birth of a New Politics

In this podcast Professor Keith Laybourn of the University of Huddersfield examines the key social, political and economic problems of the 1920s and 30s.

1. 1920s-30s British Problems: Unemployment, Industry and the expansion of the South East.
2. A period of transition: the rise of the car and its impact.
3. The General Strike of 1926: The emergence of major industrial disputes.
4. The Spanish Civil War: The Threat of Fascism & France surrounded.
5. The decline of Liberalism and the emergence of the Labour Party.
6. The emergence of new political groups.
7. Conclusion.

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