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

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Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.

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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.
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Subject	Work camps -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Work camps.
	Great Britain.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Work camps -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Labor supply -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Labor supply.
	Labor supply -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	Working class men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	Working class men.
	Social conditions.
	Working class men -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Human body -- Social aspects.
	Human body -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term	1800-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Field, John. Working men's bodies : Work camps in Britain, 1880-1940. Oxford : Manchester University Press, ©2016
ISBN	9781526112538
	1526112531

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

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