In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, economists and policymakers 'discovered' unemployment, leading to the emergence of the 'unemployed' as a coherent group in British society. Drawing on a wide variety of newspaper articles from across Britain, this thesis examines how the press responded to the growing presence of the unemployed. How do evolving understandings of unemployment impact newspaper responses to unemployed workers? What influence does this coverage have on British society? Examination of newspaper coverage of unemployed demonstrations in London between 1886 and 1936 will show that the press helped construct the idea of the 'unemployed', defining what it meant for an unemployed worker to be respectable and deserving of government aid.
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