{"product_id":"before-the-arts-council-campaigns-for-state-funding-of-the-arts-in-britain-1934-44-paperback","title":"Before the Arts Council: Campaigns for state funding of the arts in Britain 1934-44 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Webber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the hitherto neglected history of the campaign for state funding of the arts. By focusing on the important but forgotten movements for music and drama subsidy before and during WWII, Howard Webber makes an important contribution to the history of arts subsidy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Arts Council\u003c\/i\u003erediscovers three forgotten but influential campaigns for state support of the arts in Britain in the 1930s and wartime. Webber's impressive historical excavation challenges existing scholarship, which argues that arts subsidy was the result of the war, and instead re-situates the campaign's origins in the pre-war years. Webber does so by drawing on correspondence from influential figures including Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Maynard Keynes and J.B Priestley, along with extensive use of government papers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Arts Council\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively, compelling and scrupulously researched account of a subject consistently misunderstood and misrepresented. It changes our understanding of an aspect of British cultural history we thought we knew well. It will appeal to students of twentieth century social and political history and to anyone with a general interest in the arts and in this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Webber \u003c\/b\u003ehas spent his career in Whitehall, in organisations including the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and the Arts Council. He has degrees from Birmingham and Harvard Universities and an MA and PhD in modern British history from King's College London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458992193789,"sku":"9781350169715","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/SGRGeE1FVVN4UVBnd05oc2VIMzZ0Zz09.webp?v=1777252841","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/before-the-arts-council-campaigns-for-state-funding-of-the-arts-in-britain-1934-44-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}