{"product_id":"politics-of-the-past","title":"Politics Of The Past By Cowan  David","description":"The inter-war period (1918–1939) is still remembered as a period of mass deprivation – the 'hungry thirties'. But how did this impression emerge? Thousands of conversations about life in the inter-war period – between parents and children around the dinner table; among workmates at the pub – shaped these understandings. In turn, these fed into popular politics. Stories about the embryonic welfare system in the early-twentieth century informed how people felt towards the National Health Service; memories of the Great Depression shaped arguments about state intervention in the economy. Challenging accounts of widespread political disengagement in the twentieth century, Politics of the Past shows how re-telling family stories about the inter-war period offered ordinary people an accessible way of engaging in politics. Drawing on six local case studies across Scotland and England, this book explains how stories about the inter-war working-class experience in industrial areas came to appear commonplace nationwide.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57855382094206,"sku":"NW9781009340311","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781009340311.jpg?v=1786790337","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/politics-of-the-past","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}