Working men's bodies : Work camps in Britain, 1880-1940.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781526112538
- 1526112531
- 9781526112521
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- Work camps -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Work camps -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Labor supply -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Labor supply -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Working class men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Working class men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Chantiers internationaux -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Chantiers internationaux -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Marché du travail -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Marché du travail -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Hommes de la classe ouvrière -- Grande-Bretagne -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle
- Hommes de la classe ouvrière -- Grande-Bretagne -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle
- Corps humain -- Aspect social -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Corps humain -- Aspect social -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
- HISTORY / Europe / Ireland
- Human body -- Social aspects
- Labor supply
- Work camps
- Great Britain
- 1800-1999
- 331.12094100000002
- HD5765.A6.F545 2013
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Working men's bodies: Work camps in Britain, 1880-1940; Half Title page; Title Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Colonising the land; 2. 'We work amongst the lowest stratum of life': The early labour colonies; 3. Labour colonies and public health; 4. Alternative living in the English countryside: Utopian colonies; 5. 'The landless man to the manless land': Labour colonies and the Empire; 6. Transference and the Labour government, 1929-31; 7. Incremental growth: Instructional Centres under the National Government.
8. 'Light green uniforms, white aprons and caps': Training unemployed women9. Camps as social service and social movement; 10. 'Down with the concentration camps!': Opposition and protest; Conclusion -- Understanding work camps: Memory and context; Select bibliography; Index.
The first in-depth study of Britain's many work camp systems.
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