{"product_id":"before-the-arts-council-howard-webber-9781350169715","title":"Before the Arts Council: Campaigns for state funding of the arts in Britain 1934-44","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Webber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350169714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350169715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Howard Webber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071389495551,"sku":"9781350169715","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_268d8484-7eca-4de6-bd7f-eb1d9316214a.jpg?v=1685435806","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-the-arts-council-howard-webber-9781350169715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}