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9780521142663

Escape from the Market: Negotiating Work in Lancashire

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521142663

  • ISBN10:

    0521142660

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-06-10
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

This book questions the conventional wisdom that in the heyday of laisez-faire capitalism wages were set by thorough going competition. Drawing on the experience of a key group of workers during industrialization, this book shows that even in the absence of trade unions, minimum wage legislation or unemployment insurance, wages do not always move with changes in the demand for and supply of labor. Workers and firms have good reasons to fix wages independently of market fluctuations.

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Glossary
List of abbreviations
Introduction: the myth of the Lancashire labour market
Labour Market Failure?:
Custom against the market: the early labour market
Principals and agents: the labour market into the second generation
Who's minding the mill? The supervision problem
The Economics of Piece-Rate Bargaining:
The fair wage model
How Did Labour Markets Really Work?:
Fair and unfair wages: 1825-1850
Short hours and seniority in the 'hungry 'forties'
Rules and standards: wage lists in Lancashire
Conclusion:
More lessons from the cotton mills
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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