| Description |
288 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Social history in perspective.
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| Contents |
1. The Historiography and Theorising of Work -- 2. The Changing Labour Force -- 3. The Experience of Work: Deskilling, Intensification and Alienation? -- 4. Exercising Control: Employers and the Management of Labour -- 5. Work Conditions, Occupation and Health -- 6. Regulating Work: the Role of the State -- 7. Women, Gender Relations and Inequalities at Work -- 8. Trade Unions, Work and Politics -- 9. Conclusion: Labour Transformed? |
| Summary |
"A History of Work in Britain, 1880-1950 analyses the rich mosaic of experience in the British workplace and discusses the continuities and changes between the mid-Victorian period and 1950. McIvor engages with the main arguments and theories that have dominated this contentious area, critically examining the veracity of Marxist conceptualisations of deskilling, degradation and the subordination of labour. Other themes taken up are the changing shape of the labour force, the role of the unions, interactions between work and health, the changing role of the state in the workplace and gender relations at work."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography |
| Subject |
Labor -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Labor -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Industrial management -- Great Britain -- History.
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Industrial safety -- Great Britain -- History.
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Industrial sociology -- Great Britain -- History.
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Labor movement -- Great Britain -- History.
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Labor -- Great Britain -- History.
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Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History.
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| LC no. |
00031114 |
| ISBN |
033359617X paperback |
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0333596161 |
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