Human Documents of the Lloyd George Era
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Human Documents of the Lloyd George Era

  1. 282 pages
  2. English
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Human Documents of the Lloyd George Era

About this book

First published in 1972, Human Documents of the Lloyd George Era presents the years when Lloyd George was in his prime, and his career in peace and war may be seen as the frame in which the 'documents' find their proper place; but the book's real subject is not Lloyd George, it is the People, with whom he identified himself and spent his long life trying to serve. For the purpose of this book Lloyd George Era is taken as the period from 1905. The early documents enable us to reconstruct a vivid picture of life as it was lived 'before the war' by such people as London artisans, Middlesbrough ironworkers, Lancashire factory hands, Northumbrian pit-folk and farm labourers, while extracts from reports of the first 'Lady Factory Inspectors' and of the great Royal Commission on the Poor Law highlight the grim situation of the 'Pauper Host'.

With the outbreak of war, the mood changes, as Lloyd George leads the People in a massive war effort on the home front, producing munitions and trying to maintain normal industrial output. A glimpse is given of the various contributions made by women. Out of a vast mass of tiny details a picture emerges of an essentially peace- loving people joining forces to achieve what Lloyd George called 'the bloodstained stagger' to victory. This is an essential read for students of British history.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032615097
eBook ISBN
9781003807223

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Original Title Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Introduction: The Lloyd George Era
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. List of Illustrations
  10. 1. Britain ‘Before the War’
  11. 2. Homely Interiors
  12. 3. What the ‘Lady Inspectors’ Found
  13. 4. The Pauper Host
  14. 5. Lloyd George’s Ambulance Wagon
  15. 6. ‘England in time of War’
  16. 7. Delivering the Goods
  17. 8. Health and Welfare of Munition Workers
  18. 9. ‘The Lure of the Drink’
  19. 10. Women War Workers
  20. 11. The Men who Beat the U-Boats
  21. 12. The Dawn of Summer Time
  22. 13. Fair Rations
  23. 14. Keeping the Home Fires Burning
  24. 15. ‘Sex’ in War Time
  25. Epilogue: After the War
  26. Lloyd George’s Eighty-Two Years
  27. Index