Michael Huberman

Escape from the Market

Negotiating Work in Lancashire

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Produktbeschreibung

This book describes how wages were set in post-industrial revolution Lancashire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780521142663
• ISBN-10: 0521142660
• Artikelnr.: 30206948

Inhaltsangabe

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.