Idle hands : the experience of unemployment, 1790-1990

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

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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Main Author: Burnett, John, 1925-2006
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor & Francis, 1994.
Subjects:
1700-1999
Unemployment > Great Britain > History.
Labor market > Great Britain > History.
Labor market.
Social conditions
Unemployment.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Great Britain.
History.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:0203161963
9780203161968
1280327723
9781280327728

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