bill brandt’s ‘northumberland miner at his evening.pdf
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Bill Brandt’s ‘Northumberland
Miner at his Evening Meal’
AKINBIYI BABARINDE, CHARLOTTE BRODIE, BESS COURTNEY
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An Image of a coal miner eating,1937 by Bill
Brandt
The miner has a meal during difficult times, the
world is recovering from a recession, the image
shows the couple’s acceptance to the situation.
Though employment is up, the employed work in
bad conditions.
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The Cultural – Reason
American Economy in Recession
The Great Depression
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The Cultural – The Mind State Unemployment down
“1937 Unemployment continued to drop to 14.3% dropping some 6.7%
from the previous year”
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Historical
“We in America today are nearer to the final triumph
over poverty than ever before in history of any land.
The poorhouse is vanishing among us”
Herbert Hoover, A year before the Wall Street Crash.
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Historical
Raised income tax
Cut unemployment pay
Added import duties to goods from abroad
Introduced the means test
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Historical
The failure of trade unions to challenge government is illustrated in this Punch cartoon of 19 May 1926.
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Contemporary
Frits and Vera Eriksson, Öre-Långsele, 1966
by Sune Jonsson
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Contemporary
Coal Mining, Dhanbad,
Bihar, India,1989
by Sebastião Salgado
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Conclusion
Accepting faith of manual labour
Happy with very little
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Bibliography
The People History (s.d). 1937 Unemployment continued to drop to
14.3% dropping some 6.7% from the previous year At:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1937.html
Yass, Marion. (1973) “We in America today are nearer to the final
triumph over poverty than ever before in history of any land. The
poorhouse is vanishing among us” The great depression. London:
Wayland Publishers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/walld
epressionrev1.shtmlb
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Illustration List
http://www.billbrandt.com/Shop/printshop.html
http://onwardandforwardfashion.blogspot.co.uk/2011_02_01_archive.html
http://1930sjomc240.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/1929-stock-market-crash-leds-to-great-
depression/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/walldepressionrev1.shtml
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/general-strike-cover-
papers.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/8921304/Sune-Jonsson.html
http://www.artspace.com/sebastiao_salgado/coal_mining_dhanbad_bihar_india
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/general-strike-
cover-papers.htm