Out of Work : The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts
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Title
Out of Work : The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts
Description
A history of unemployment and the unemployed in Massachusetts during the hundred years previous to the stock market collapse of 1929. A study of the jobless - their backgrounds, conditions, and the social and political climate of their day - in Boston, in the state of Massachusetts, and in the United States more broadly. Attempts to fill a gap in scholarship on Massachusetts unemployment before 1930. Presents some untapped research data from that earlier period as a preface and fitting segue to a segment on the federal economic and labor reforms of the 1930s. Includes charts, graphs, and maps with respect to Massachusetts labor and unemployment statistics. Unemployment with respect to age, gender, naturalization status, the state of organized labor, and urbanity or rurality. Contains a rare sketch of Boston and New York City social justice activist, Urbain J. Ledoux - a.k.a. "Mr. Zero."
Creator
Keyssar, Alexander
Source
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date
1986
Language
en
Type
Book
Identifier
Coverage
19th century - early 20th century; Massachusetts, United States
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISBN
9780521297677
Call Number
Num Pages
492
Place
New York, New York
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Interdisciplinary perspectives on modern history