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Idle hands : the experience of unemployment, 1790-1990
- Title
- Idle hands : the experience of unemployment, 1790-1990 / John Burnett.
- Author
- Burnett, John, 1925-2006.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HD5765.A6 B88 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 368 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- 1700-1999
- Geschichte 1790-1990
- Unemployment > Great Britain > History
- Labor market > Great Britain > History
- Labor market
- Social conditions
- Unemployment
- Arbeitslosigkeit
- Werkloosheid
- Desemprego e sub-emprego
- Mercado de trabalho
- Unemployment > Social aspects > History. > Great Britain
- Chômage > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Chômage > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century
- Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century
- Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Great Britain > Social conditions
- Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle
- Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-358) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Unemployment in the Countryside, 1790-1834. War and unemployment, 1793-1815. Peace and pauperism, 1815-30. The cure for unemployment? -- 2. A Dying Trade: The Case of the Handloom Weavers, 1790-1850. Size and structure. Act 1: 'The Golden Age', 1780-1800. Act 2: 'The Deplorable Change', 1800-15. Act 3: 'Bitter Distress', 1815-30. Act 4: 'Flee the Trade', 1830-50 -- 3. Unemployment Among Skilled Workers, 1815-70. The erosion of skill. The experience of unemployment. Responses and reactions -- 4. Unemployment on the Land, 1834-1914. The new poor law. 'Life under the bread tax'. The flight from the land. The revolt of the field -- 5. The 'Discovery' of Unemployment, 1870-1914. 'The fundamental problem of modern society' (The Times, 1888). Unskilled labourers. Boy labour and women's labour. Skilled workers. Responses and remedies -- 6. 'The Worst of Times?' Unemployment Between the Wars. The causes of unemployment. The extent and incidence of unemployment.
- The experience of unemployment -- 7. Back to Unemployment, 1970-90. The extent of unemployment. The causes of job loss. Who are the unemployed? The job search. Financial circumstances. Social and psychological effects. Health. Adaptations to unemployment.
- ISBN
- 0415055008
- 9780415055000
- 0415055016
- 9780415055017
- LCCN
- 93040069
- OCLC
- ocm29219635
- 29219635
- SCSB-2024951
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library