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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnett, John, 1925-2006.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unemployment--Great Britain--History.

Unemployment.

Labor market--Great Britain--History.

Labor market.

Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353.358) and index.

ISBN:

1-902837-29-0

1-134-93706-7

1-280-32772-3

0-203-16196-3

9780203161968

9781134937059

OCLC:

277703764