Bill Brandts Northumberland Miner at his Evening Meal

AKINBIYI BABARINDE, CHARLOTTE BRODIE, BESS COURTNEY

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 couples acceptance to the situation. Though employment is up, the employed work in bad conditions.

The Cultural Reason

American Economy in Recession

The Great Depression

The Cultural The Mind State

Unemployment down

1937 Unemployment continued to drop to 14.3% dropping some 6.7% from the previous year

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.

Historical

Raised income tax Cut unemployment pay

Added import duties to goods from abroad

Introduced the means test

Historical

The failure of trade unions to challenge government is illustrated in this Punch cartoon of 19 May 1926.

Contemporary
Frits and Vera Eriksson, re-Lngsele, 1966

by Sune Jonsson

Contemporary
Coal Mining, Dhanbad, Bihar, India,1989

by Sebastio Salgado

Conclusion

Accepting faith of manual labour

Happy with very little

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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