Idle Hands: The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990

by John Burnett and Proffessor John Burnett

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415055016

ISBN13:9780415055017

Release Date:February 2002

Publisher:Routledge

Length:380 Pages

Weight:1.32 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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