Blind Workers against Charity: The National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970
Author:   M. Reiss
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137364463


Pages:   259
Publication Date:   15 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Blind Workers against Charity: The National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970


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Author:   M. Reiss
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.434kg
ISBN:  

9781137364463


ISBN 10:   1137364467
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   15 May 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. New Union or Poor People's Movement? Building the National League of the Blind 2. 'Justice not Charity': Framing the Message 3. Mutually Exclusive Principles? Trade Unionism and Charity 4. The Limits of Radicalism: Politics and Protest in the 1920s and 30s 5. Success at Last? The League and the Consolidation of the Welfare State 6. A Changing Relationship: The League and Charity in the Post-War Era

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The book highlights both the strengths and weaknesses of the League's approach, documenting its successes and the compromises it had to make along the way. ... by shifting the lens from charity to activism it has the potential to build a bridge between disability and labour history that may suggest new approaches to those working in these areas ... . (Shurlee Swain, Labour History, Issue 110, May, 2016)


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Matthias Reiss is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely on the experience of marginalised groups in history, such as the unemployed, prisoners of war and African Americans. His current research focuses on street protest and social movements from the nineteenth century to the present.

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