Work and Unemployment 1834-1911 Working for Unemployment

This volume explores primarily late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century efforts to solve the problem of unemployment in the context of the new understandings of 'unemployment'. The sources show the continuing power of discovering men's commitment to work by finding ways to make them work. This volume focuses on emigration to put unemployed men to work in the British colonies, the various projects to employ urban men without work on the land, and the increasing 'Intervention of the State' in efforts like emigration and labour colonies. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this volume will be of great interest to students of British History.

About the author

Marjorie Levine-Clark is Professor of History at University of Colorado Denver, USA

Summary

This volume explores primarily late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century efforts to solve the problem of unemployment in the context of the new understandings of ‘unemployment’. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this volume will be of great interest to students of British History.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marjorie Levine-Clark (Editor), Levine-Clark Marjorie (Editor)
• Authors: Marjorie Levine-Clark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.01.2022
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918
• EAN: 9780367335298
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33529-8
• Pages: 412
• Series: Routledge Historical Resources
• Subjects: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Reference works, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, state intervention employment, labour migration history, labour colonies Britain, poverty relief strategies, historical unemployment solutions, women workforce history