Six Centuries of Work and Wages
eBook - ePub

Six Centuries of Work and Wages

The History of English Labour

  1. 600 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Six Centuries of Work and Wages

The History of English Labour

About this book

First Published in 2005. This book includes the history of labour and wages from the reign of Henry II in 1258 to the nineteenth century. To give context to the wages of workers it also includes the general prices of the time in order to estimate the purchasing power of those wages, as well as the conditions of rural and town life and the distribution of wealth and trade.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780415382298
eBook ISBN
9781136614507
Edition
1
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Economic History
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Edition
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. CHAPTER I Introduction
  8. CHAPTER II Rural England–Social Life
  9. CHAPTER III Rural England–Agricultural
  10. CHAPTER IV Town Life
  11. CHAPTER V The Distribution of Wealth and Trade
  12. CHAPTER VI Society–Wages–Profits
  13. CHAPTER VII The King and His Extraordinary Revenues
  14. CHAPTER VIII The Famine and The Plague
  15. CHAPTER IX Discontent–Combination–Insurrection
  16. CHAPTER X The Landlord's Remedies
  17. CHAPTER XI The Development of Taxation
  18. CHAPTER XII Labour and Wages
  19. CHAPTER XIII The Clergy Till The Reformation
  20. CHAPTER XIV Wages of Labour After The Rise in Prices
  21. CHAPTER XV The English Poor Law
  22. CHAPTER XVI English Husbandry From The Rise Prices
  23. CHAPTER XVII Agriculture And Agricultural Wages in The Eighteenth Century
  24. CHAPTER XVIII Wages in The Nineteenth Century
  25. CHAPTER XIX The Present Situation
  26. CHAPTER XX Remedies
  27. Index