John Field

Working men's bodies (eBook, ePUB)

Work camps in Britain, 1880-1940

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first in-depth study of Britain's many work camp systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112521
• Artikelnr.: 48795823

Autorenporträt

John Field is a Professor in the School of Education, University of Stirling, Scotland

Inhaltsangabe

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. 'Save our young people
from a kind of dry rot': compulsion and the Labour government, 1929-1931 7.
Incremental growth: Instructional Centres under the National Government 8.
'Light green uniforms, white apron and caps': training unemployed women 9.
Camps as social service and social movement 10. 'Down with the
Concentration Camps!' Opposition and protest Conclusion - Understanding
work camps: memory and context Index