Unemployment, welfare, and masculine citizenship : "so much honest poverty" in Britain, 1870-1930 /: "so much honest poverty" in Britain, 1870-1930. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Unemployment, welfare, and masculine citizenship : "so much honest poverty" in Britain, 1870-1930 /: "so much honest poverty" in Britain, 1870-1930. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Unemployment, welfare, and masculine citizenship : "so much honest poverty" in Britain, 1870-1930
- Further Information:
- Note: Marjorie Levine-Clark, University of Colorado Denver, USA.
- Authors:
- Levine-Clark, Marjorie
- Contents:
- 1.'So Much Honest Poverty': Introduction -- PART I: UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE CONTINUITIES OF HONEST POVERTY -- 2. Not 'Weary Willies' or 'Tired Tims': The Work Imperative in the Poor Law World -- 3.'They were not Single Men': Responsibility for Family and Hierarchies of Deservedness -- 4.'A Reward for Good Citizenship': National Unemployment Benefits and the Genuine Search for Work -- PART II: HONEST POVERTY IN NATIONAL CRISIS -- 5.'Married Men had Greater Responsibilities': The First World War, the Service Imperative, and the Sacrifice of Single Men -- 6.'The Whole World had gone Against Them': Ex-Servicemen and the Politics of Relief -- 7.'No Right to Relieve a Striker': Trade Disputes and the Politics of Work and Family in the 1920s -- PART III: HONEST POVERTY AND THE INTIMACIES OF POLICY -- 8.'Younger Men are given the Preference': Older Men's Welfare and Intergenerational Liability -- 9.'He did not Realise his Responsibilities': Giving Up the Privileges of Honest Poverty -- Conclusions.
- Publisher Details:
- Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xix, 304 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 331.5/61
Men -- Employment -- Great Britain
Poverty -- Great Britain
Unemployment -- Great Britain
Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
Men -- Employment
Poverty
Public welfare
Unemployment
Arbeitslosigkeit
Soziale Wohlfahrt
Männlichkeit
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137393227
- Related ISBNs:
- 113739322X
9781349483556
1349483559
9781137393203
1137393203 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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