John Belchem
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781846319679
- eISBN:
- 9781781387153
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846319679.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
As this chapter shows, the uneasy transition to peace after the First World War had a disastrous impact on labour and race relations amidst an economic reverse felt more acutely in Liverpool than ...
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As this chapter shows, the uneasy transition to peace after the First World War had a disastrous impact on labour and race relations amidst an economic reverse felt more acutely in Liverpool than elsewhere, a precursor of inter-war depression and decline. Race riots occurred in a number of ports in 1919 but those in Liverpool were particularly intense, reflecting tensions extending far beyond the local waterfront. Racism prevailed in philanthropic endeavour, a potent blend of paternalism, missionary zeal and faddist eugenics, exemplified at its worst in the Liverpool Association for the Welfare of Half-caste Children. Within the black community, self-help agencies promoted by Pastor Daniels Ekarte sought ‘British justice free of prejudice’ for colonials born or domiciled in Liverpool, but favoured their return to Africa once suitably trained and skilled, a project endorsed by the League of Coloured Peoples, the authentic voice of the small black middle-class elite in Britain.Less
As this chapter shows, the uneasy transition to peace after the First World War had a disastrous impact on labour and race relations amidst an economic reverse felt more acutely in Liverpool than elsewhere, a precursor of inter-war depression and decline. Race riots occurred in a number of ports in 1919 but those in Liverpool were particularly intense, reflecting tensions extending far beyond the local waterfront. Racism prevailed in philanthropic endeavour, a potent blend of paternalism, missionary zeal and faddist eugenics, exemplified at its worst in the Liverpool Association for the Welfare of Half-caste Children. Within the black community, self-help agencies promoted by Pastor Daniels Ekarte sought ‘British justice free of prejudice’ for colonials born or domiciled in Liverpool, but favoured their return to Africa once suitably trained and skilled, a project endorsed by the League of Coloured Peoples, the authentic voice of the small black middle-class elite in Britain.
Donald Sassoon
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780748665822
- eISBN:
- 9780748693863
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748665822.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
This chapter presents a historical overview, showing that crises are a recurrent feature of capitalism, which have often been misinterpreted as harbingers of radical change. The Long Depression of ...
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This chapter presents a historical overview, showing that crises are a recurrent feature of capitalism, which have often been misinterpreted as harbingers of radical change. The Long Depression of the late nineteenth century did not bring down capitalism but did lead to social reforms. The inter-war Depression led social democrats to accept a new compromise with capitalism, leading to the reformist programme of macro-management of the capitalist economy, of welfare regulation, state interventionism and the Keynesian welfare state of the post-war era.Less
This chapter presents a historical overview, showing that crises are a recurrent feature of capitalism, which have often been misinterpreted as harbingers of radical change. The Long Depression of the late nineteenth century did not bring down capitalism but did lead to social reforms. The inter-war Depression led social democrats to accept a new compromise with capitalism, leading to the reformist programme of macro-management of the capitalist economy, of welfare regulation, state interventionism and the Keynesian welfare state of the post-war era.
