Berg Publishers
Wages, Manufacturers and Workers in the Nineteenth-Century Factory: The Voortman Cotton Mill in Ghent
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9781859730935
ISBN13:
9781859730935
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$188.49
Wages, Manufacturers and Workers in the Nineteenth-Century Factory: The Voortman Cotton Mill in Ghent
$188.49
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.
| Author: Peter Scholliers |
| Publisher: Berg Publishers |
| Publication Date: Jan 01, 1996 |
| Number of Pages: 256 pages |
| Binding: Hardback or Cased Book |
| ISBN-10: 1859730930 |
| ISBN-13: 9781859730935 |
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