Idle hands : the experience of unemployment, 1790-1990 /

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Idle Hands is the first major social history of unemployment in Britain covering the last 200 years. It focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems. Direct evidence of the im...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burnett, John, 1925-2006
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor & Francis, 1994.
Temas:
1700-1999
Unemployment > Great Britain > History.
Labor market > Great Britain > History.
Marché du travail > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Labor market.
Social conditions
Unemployment.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, 1790 1834; A DYING TRADE: THE CASE OF THE HANDLOOM WEAVERS, 1790 1850; UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG SKILLED WORKERS, 1815 70; UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE LAND, 1834 1914; THE 'DISCOVERY' OF UNEMPLOYMENT, 1870 1914; 'THE WORST OF TIMES?' UNEMPLOYMENT BETWEEN THE WARS; BACK TO UNEMPLOYMENT, 1970 90; CONCLUSION; References; Bibliography: autobiographies, diaries and memoirs (including collections); Index

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