UID:
edocfu_9959227335802883
Format:
1 online resource (379 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-902837-29-0
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1-134-93706-7
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1-280-32772-3
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0-203-16196-3
Content:
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 impact of unemployment drawn from extensive personal biographies complements economic and statistical analysis.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-43243-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-05501-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203161968
