Idle hands
Subtitle: the experience of unemployment, 1790-1990
By: John Burnett.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Unemployment -- Great Britain -- History.; Labor market -- Great Britain -- History.; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century.; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-358) and index.