{"product_id":"working-mens-bodies-work-camps-in-britain-18801940-9780719087684","title":"Working Mens Bodies Work Camps in Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first in-depth study of Britain’s many work camp systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a fascinating, well-written and thoughtful study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Working Men's Bodies: Work Camps in Britain, 1880-1940 \u003c\/i\u003eis an exhaustive exploration of the role of work camps and camp movements in modern British history…The sheer scope of John Field’s analysis is impressive…It is an important contribution to shared understandings of how bodies are shaped and managed through public discourse and policy interventions. \u003ci\u003eWorking Men’s Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e will therefore also appeal to readers interested in sociology, labor policy, and the gendered nature of work.’\u003cbr\u003eAbbas, Carleton University, H-Disability July 2016\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Colonising the land\u003cbr\u003e2. ‘We work amongst the lowest stratum of life’: the early labour colonies\u003cbr\u003e3. Labour colonies and public health\u003cbr\u003e4. Alternative living in the English countryside: utopian colonies\u003cbr\u003e5. ‘The landless man to the manless land’: labour colonies and the Empire\u003cbr\u003e6. ‘Save our young people from a kind of dry rot’: compulsion and the Labour government, 1929–1931\u003cbr\u003e7. Incremental growth: Instructional Centres under the National Government \u003cbr\u003e8. ‘Light green uniforms, white apron and caps’: training unemployed women \u003cbr\u003e9. Camps as social service and social movement\u003cbr\u003e10. ‘Down with the Concentration Camps!’ Opposition and protest\u003cbr\u003eConclusion – Understanding work camps: memory and context\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884285538647,"sku":"9780719087684","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/working-mens-bodies-work-camps-in-britain-18801940-9780719087684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}