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Originally published in 1938, this book presents a report on the subject of unemployment and the needs of the unemployed.
List of contents
Preface; Introduction; Part I. Facts and Figures: 1. The aims of the study; 2. Long unemployment before the slump; 3. Depression and recovery; 4. The sample introduced; Part II. The Sample Study: A. Unemployment in the six towns; B. The long unemployed; 1. Physical problems: the background of poverty; 2. Psychological problems: attitude towards unemployment; 3. Moral problems: the sense of independence and respectability; Part III. Particular Issues: 1. The wage problem; 2. The older men; 3. The younger men; Part IV. Unemployment among Women: 1. General issues; 2. Blackburn; 3. Liverpool: a problem of employability; 4. The voluntary agencies and the women's problem; Part V. The Social Service Movement: 1. General problems of the clubs; 2. The clubs and their members in the six towns: the residential centres; 3. Special schemes; 4. The future; Appendix 1. Residual and industrial unemployment; Appendix 2. The case record card; Appendix 3. The state agencies and the long unemployed; Appendix 4. Money requirements of the 'George' poverty standard; Appendix 5. Statistical tables; Index.
Summary
Originally published in 1938, this book presents the content of a report made to the Pilgrim Trust on the subject of unemployment and the needs of the unemployed. It was designed to provide the Pilgrim Trustees with guidance on the allocation of funding in relation to the social problems associated with unemployment.
