| Description |
xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Economic History and the History of Labour Markets / George Grantham -- 2. Bridging the Gap Between Labour Economics and Economic History: A Labour Economists Perspective / David A. Green -- 3. How Did Pre-Industrial Labour Markets Function? / Jan de Vries -- 4. The Dis-Integration of Traditional Labour Markets in France from Agriculture and Industry to Agriculture or Industry / Gilles Postel-Vinay -- 5. Regional Labour Market Integration in England and Wales, 1850-1913 / George R. Boyer and Timothy J. Hatton -- 6. Real Incomes in the English Speaking World, 1879-1913 / Robert C. Allen -- 7. Did Labour Flow Uphill? International Migration and Wage Rates in Twentieth Century Ireland / Kevin O'Rourke -- 8. The Decline in Hours of Work in US Labour Markets, 1890-1903 / Joshua L. Rosenbloom and William A. Sundstrom -- 9. Job Tenure in the Gilded Age / John A. James -- 10. The Great War and the Canadian Labour Market: Railway Workers 1903-39 / Mary MacKinnon |
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11. Wage Woes in Weimar? A Partial Investigation / David Corbett -- 12. Wage Behaviour in Inter-War Britain: A Sceptical Enquiry / Mark Thomas -- 13. Race Human Capital, and Labour Markets in American History / Warren Whatley and Gavin Wright |
| Analysis |
Labour market History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-316) and index |
| Subject |
Industrial relations -- History.
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Labor market -- History.
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Labor -- History.
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| Author |
Grantham, George, 1941-
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MacKinnon, Mary.
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ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
93034913 |
| ISBN |
0415108659 |
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