TY  - BOOK
AU  - Field,John
TI  - Working men's bodies: Work camps in Britain, 1880-1940
SN  - 9781526112538
AV  - HD5765 .W675 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Labor supply
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Work camps
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Working class men
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Human body
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - The first in-depth study of Britain's many work camp systems
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