The Town That Was Murdered
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The Town That Was Murdered is a 1939 political and social history book by British Labour politician Ellen Wilkinson about the decline and destruction of the shipbuilding town of Jarrow and the wider injustices of interwar unemployment.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Town That Was Murdered canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ political book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
criticize unemployment policy
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raise awareness of Jarrow’s plight ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Labour movement
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Ellen Wilkinson’s parliamentary work ⓘ |
| author | Ellen Wilkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
decline of Jarrow shipbuilding
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economic hardship in Jarrow ⓘ mass unemployment ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
government policy on unemployment
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industrial decline ⓘ working-class experience ⓘ |
| genre |
political history
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social history ⓘ |
| hasForm |
local history
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political commentary ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
economic depression in northeast England
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post-World War I Britain ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Great Depression in the United Kingdom
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Jarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Jarrow March NERFINISHED ⓘ interwar unemployment ⓘ shipbuilding industry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed account of Jarrow’s decline
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linking local hardship to national policy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeDescribed | Jarrow, Tyne and Wear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPerspective | Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalTheme |
economic inequality
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social justice ⓘ state responsibility for welfare ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Ellen Wilkinson’s activism in the Jarrow March ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1930s
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interwar period ⓘ |
| titleReferences | destruction of Jarrow ⓘ |
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