02889nam 2200661Ia 450 991096304470332120251116143213.01-902837-29-01-134-93706-71-280-32772-30-203-16196-310.4324/9780203161968 (CKB)111056485512020(EBL)179927(OCoLC)277703764(SSID)ssj0000176200(PQKBManifestationID)11171253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176200(PQKBWorkID)10204870(PQKB)11411109(MiAaPQ)EBC179927(Au-PeEL)EBL179927(CaPaEBR)ebr10058340(CaONFJC)MIL32772(OCoLC)51328465(EXLCZ)9911105648551202019931012d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIdle hands the experience of unemployment, 1790-1990 /John Burnett1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19941 online resource (379 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-43243-1 0-415-05501-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 353.358) and index.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); IndexIdle 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.UnemploymentGreat BritainHistoryLabor marketGreat BritainHistoryGreat BritainSocial conditions18th centuryGreat BritainSocial conditions19th centuryGreat BritainSocial conditions20th centuryUnemploymentHistory.Labor marketHistory.331.13/7941Burnett John1925-2006.123537MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963044703321Idle hands633806UNINA