Blind Workers against Charity

The National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Av M. Reiss

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Founded in 1893, the National League of the Blind was the first nationwide self-represented group of visually impaired people in Britain. This book explores its campaign to make the state solely responsible for providing training, employment and assistance for the visually impaired as a right, and its fight to abolish all charitable aid for them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-01-01
Mått140 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt349 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
Antal sidor259
Upplaga2015
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349473304

Tillhör följande kategorier

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

"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)