Title Working men's bodies : Work camps in Britain, 1880-1940

Published Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages) Contents 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 Summary The first in-depth study of Britain's many work camp systems Notes Print version record Subject 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 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland. Human body -- Social aspects Labor supply Work camps Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781526112538 1526112531 9781526112521 1526112523

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