Black market Britain, 1939-1955 [electronic resource] / Mark Roodhouse.
By: Roodhouse, Mark
.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource : ill.ISBN: 9780191747564 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 | Black market -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Great BritainAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199588459DDC classification: 941.084 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Thanks to rationing and price control, Britain's underground economy flourished during the 1940s and early 1950s as producers, traders, and professional criminals helped consumers to get a little extra 'on the side'. Yet widespread evasion of regulations designed to ensure 'fair shares for all' did not undermine the austerity policies that characterised these years. Here, Mark Roodhouse argues that Britons showed self-restraint in their illegal dealings. The means, motives, and opportunities for evasion were not lacking. The shortages were real regulations were not watertight, and enforcement was haphazard.
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Thanks to rationing and price control, Britain's underground economy flourished during the 1940s and early 1950s as producers, traders, and professional criminals helped consumers to get a little extra 'on the side'. Yet widespread evasion of regulations designed to ensure 'fair shares for all' did not undermine the austerity policies that characterised these years. Here, Mark Roodhouse argues that Britons showed self-restraint in their illegal dealings. The means, motives, and opportunities for evasion were not lacking. The shortages were real regulations were not watertight, and enforcement was haphazard.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.