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Black Market Britain : 1939-1955

Black Market Britain: 1939-1955, which grew out of an AHRC-funded doctorate, is the result of more than ten years' work. It is the first history of black market dealing in wartime and post-war Britain, drawing from a very wide range of sources, including previously unknown material, to reveal the nature and extent of black marketeering in rationed and price controlled goods. The argument is complex, changing understanding of the underground economy and challenging views of solidarity in austerity Britain. It reveals the moral underpinnings of economic life at mid-century, confirming the importance of notions of fairness.