Working life in Britain, 1900-1950
By: [Janice Anderson]
Publisher: Futura; Futura Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780708806777
Subjects: Social change; Pictorial works; History; Social conditions; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: "Earning a living in Victorian and Edwardian times could be a rather uncertain business. If employment was obtained it was vey often a form of drudgery with very little reward. Although skilled workers could take pride in what they created, the majority of workers had to take consolation in the fact that they were taking home a wage and that, althiough conditiosn were poor, they were far worse outside of Britain. There were considerable improvements in the quality of working life in the 1920s and 1930s even considering the problems of major unemployment. [This] book paints a vivid image of the working man and woman in Britain between the yers of 1900 and 1950."--Book jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London: Time Warner, 2005.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Country living; title: The Edwardian years; title: Working in World War One; title: The changing role of women; title: Taking a break; title: Between the wars; title: Working in World War Two; title: A better world ahead.