Experiencing Wages: Social and Cultural Aspects of Wage Forms in Europe since 1500

Published by Berghahn Books 2003

Experiencing Wages

Social and Cultural Aspects of Wage Forms in Europe since 1500

Edited by: Peter Scholliers and Leonard Schwarz

Volume 4 in the series International Studies in Social History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857456847

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About this book

When discussing wages, historians have traditionally concentrated on the level of wages, much less on how people were paid for their work. Important aspects were thus ignored such as how frequently were wages actually paid, how much of the wage was paid in non-monetary form - whether as traditional perquisites or community relief - especially when there was often insufficient coinage available to pay wages. Covering a wide geographical area, ranging from Spain to Finland, and time span, ranging from the sixteenth century to the 1930s, this volume offers fresh perspectives on key areas in social and economic history such as the relationship between customs, moral economy, wages and the market, changing pay and wage forms and the relationship between age, gender and wages.

Author / Editor information

Peter Scholliers works at the Center for Contemporary Social History, Free University Brussels.

Leonard Schwarz works at the Department of Modern History, University of Birmingham.

Peter Scholliers works at the Center for Contemporary Social History, Free University Brussels.

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"This is a volume that is to be welcomed both for providing new and intersint findings, that suggest new answers to old questions, and for opening new and exciting avenues for future research." · Economic History Review

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 THE WAGE IN EUROPE SINCE THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY Peter Scholliers and Leonard Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CUSTOM, WAGES AND THE MARKET
CHAPTER 2 INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN WAGE FORMATION: PORT LABOUR IN ANTWERP (SIXTEENTH–EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES) Harald Deceulaer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER 3 WHEN LABOUR HIRES CAPITAL: EVIDENCE FROM LANCASHIRE, 1870–1914 Michael Huberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
CHAPTER 4 GIVING NOTICE: THE LEGITIMATE WAY OF QUITTING AND FIRING (GHENT, 1877–1896) Patricia Van den Eeckhout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
CHANGING PAY SYSTEMS AND WAGE FORMS
CHAPTER 5 WAGE FORMS, WAGE SYSTEMS AND WAGE CONFLICTS IN GERMAN CRAFTS DURING THE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLIER NINETEENTH CENTURIES Reinhold Reith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
CHAPTER 6 WAGE FORMS, PAY SYSTEMS AND LABOUR CONTROL IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AGRICULTURE. EVIDENCE FROM THE DUTCH PROVINCE OF GRONINGEN Henny Gooren and Hans Heger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
CHAPTER 7 CASH, WAGES AND THE ECONOMY OF MAKESHIFTS IN ENGLAND, 1650–1800 Craig Muldrew and Steven King Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
AGE, GENDER AND WAGES
CHAPTER 8 GENDERED WAGE SYSTEMS AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN FINLAND IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES Sakari Heikkinen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
CHAPTER 9 ENGENDERING THE EXPERIENCE OF WAGES: THE EVOLUTION OF THE PIECEWORK SYSTEM AT THE SPANISH TOBACCO MONOPOLY, 1800–1930S Lina Gálvez-Muñoz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
CHAPTER 10 AGE, GENDER AND THE WAGE IN BRITAIN, 1830–1930 Paul Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
CHAPTER 11 AT WHAT COST WAS PRE-EMINENCE PURCHASED? CHILD LABOUR AND THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Jane Humphries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 292
Keywords: History (General)

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Published: September 1, 2003
ISBN: 9780857456847