The History Of Wages In The Cotton Trade During The Past Hundred Years
The History Of Wages In The Cotton Trade During The Past Hundred Years

Author: Wood George Henry

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781340549671

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The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650–2000
The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650–2000

Author: Els Hiemstra-Kuperus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 1067

ISBN-13: 1317044282

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This impressive collection offers the first systematic global and comparative history of textile workers over the course of 350 years. This period covers the major changes in wool and cotton production, and the global picture from pre-industrial times through to the twentieth century. After an introduction, the first part of the book is divided into twenty national studies on textile production over the period 1650-2000. To make them useful tools for international comparisons, each national overview is based on a consistent framework that defines the topics and issues to be treated in each chapter. The countries described have been selected to included the major historic producers of woollen and cotton fabrics, and the diversity of global experience, and include not only European nations, but also Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, Uruguay and the USA. The second part of the book consists of ten comparative papers on topics including globalization and trade, organization of production, space, identity, workplace, institutions, production relations, gender, ethnicity and the textile firm. These are based on the national overviews and additional literature, and will help apply current interdisciplinary and cultural concerns to a subject traditionally viewed largely through a social and economic history lens. Whilst offering a unique reference source for anyone interested in the history of a particular country's textile industry, the true strength of this project lies in its capacity of international comparison. By providing global comparative studies of key textile industries and workers, both geographically and thematically, this book provides a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of a major element of the world's economy. This allows historians to challenge many of the received ideas about globalization, for instance, highlighting how global competition for lower production costs is by no means a uniquely modern issue, and has b

Urban Workers in the Early Industrial Revolution
Urban Workers in the Early Industrial Revolution

Author: Robert Glen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1000639843

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This title, first published in 1984, focuses primarily on the early Industrial Revolution (c. 1780-1820) in the Stockport district. As the Industrial Revolution in England was the first instance of successful industrialisation, it can still provide many social and economic lessons and also furnish essential evidence for continuing debate over ideology and theory. Therefore, this title will be of interest to students of both history and economics.

Escape from the Market
Escape from the Market

Author: Michael Huberman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-09-12

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521561518

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At the outset of the industrial revolution the Lancashire labour market was a model of thoroughgoing competition. Wages adjusted quickly and smoothly to changes in the demand for and supply of labour. Within two generations, however, workers and firms had retreated from the market. Instead of busting wages, firms paid fixed rates; instead of breaking ties on short notice, workers sought longer-term associations. Social norms - doing the right thing - protected and preserved the fresh labour market arrangements. This book explains the causes and effects of changes in the labour market in the context of developments in labour economics and fresh research in social and economic history.

Experiencing Wages
Experiencing Wages

Author: Peter Scholliers

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2003-09-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0857456849

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When discussing wages, historians have traditionally concentrated on the level of wages, much less on how people were paid for their work. Important aspects were thus ignored such as how frequently were wages actually paid, how much of the wage was paid in non-monetary form - whether as traditional perquisites or community relief - especially when there was often insufficient coinage available to pay wages. Covering a wide geographical area, ranging from Spain to Finland, and time span, ranging from the sixteenth century to the 1930s, this volume offers fresh perspectives on key areas in social and economic history such as the relationship between customs, moral economy, wages and the market, changing pay and wage forms and the relationship between age, gender and wages.