Escape from the Market
Negotiating Work in Lancashire
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ISBN-13:
9780521142663
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.04.2010
Seiten:
244
Autor:
Michael Huberman
Gewicht:
402 g
Format:
229x152x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book describes how wages were set in post-industrial revolution Lancashire.
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Glossary; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the myth of the Lancashire labour market; Part I. Labour Market Failure?: 2. Custom against the market: the early labour market; 3. Principals and agents: the labour market into the second generation; 4. Who's minding the mill? The supervision problem; Part II. The Economics of Piece-Rate Bargaining: 5. The fair wage model; Part III. How Did Labour Markets Really Work?: 6. Fair and unfair wages: 1825-50; 7. Short hours and seniority in the 'hungry 'forties'; 8. Rules and standards: wage lists in Lancashire; Part IV. Conclusion: 9. More lessons from the cotton mills; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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