The Problem of the Distressed Areas
by HANNINGTON, Wal
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- Hardcover
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1937. Left Book Club Edition Not For Sale to the Public. Hardcover. Good. 286 p. 22 cm. 28 b&w photos in centre section. Orange cloth over paper. Some soiling to exterior. Inside clean and neat with only slightly browned paper.
Preface by Harold J. Laski. Includes Left Book club leaflet. Topics include: causes of the slump; tragedy of youth; slave camps; land settlement; social service centres; fascist danger among the unemployed; etc. At rear is an Immediate Programme of Action for the Distressed Areas, recommending grants for household needs, free school meals, 40 hour work week, one million new houses, and so on.
Preface by Harold J. Laski. Includes Left Book club leaflet. Topics include: causes of the slump; tragedy of youth; slave camps; land settlement; social service centres; fascist danger among the unemployed; etc. At rear is an Immediate Programme of Action for the Distressed Areas, recommending grants for household needs, free school meals, 40 hour work week, one million new houses, and so on.
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- Seller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 120862
- Title
- The Problem of the Distressed Areas
- Author
- HANNINGTON, Wal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Left Book Club Edition Not For Sale to the Public
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Harold J. Laski, Socialism, Great Depression, Social services, Fascism, Economics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
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