Idle Hands

The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-43243-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burnett, John

Burnett, Proffessor John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1: Unemployment in the Countryside, 1790–1834; 2: A Dying Trade: The Case of the Handloom Weavers, 1790–1850; 3: Unemployment Among Skilled Workers, 1815–70; 4: Unemployment on the Land, 1834–1914; 5: The Discovery’ of Unemployment, 1870–1914; 6: ‘The Worst of Times?’ Unemployment Between the Wars; 1: Back to Unemployment, 1970–90; 8: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Professor John Burnett