Working men's bodies : Work camps in Britain, 1880-1940.
- Oxford : Manchester University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781526112538
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