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Wages, Manufacturers and Workers in the Nineteenth-Century Factory

Wages, Manufacturers and Workers in the Nineteenth-Century Factory

The Voortman Cotton Mill in Ghent

by Peter Scholliers
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/01/1996

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Wages have always been a major expense for businesses. This fascinating book studies the impact of spiralling wage demands in a cotton factory in Ghent during the 19th century and the efforts of management to reduce this cost through investment in new technology and stricter employment policies. The workers' responses to wage cutting are also considered. The importance of this study lies in its unique collection of wage data -- more than 200 pay books and 100 ledgers from the Voortman cotton factory -- which show, in great detail, the hourly, daily and yearly wages for all categories of workers between 1835-1913. Various aspects of wages are addressed including: changing living and working conditions; wages of women and children in relation to the 'family wage economy'; wage comparison between workers at Voortman and workers in other industries and regions; productivity, purchasing power and industrial relations.
ISBN:
9781859730935
9781859730935
Category:
Economic history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-01-1996
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
216x138x18mm
Weight:
0.46kg

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