Eighteenth Century Industrialist. Peter Stubs of Warrington, 1756-1806
Details:
- Author(s) Ashton, T S
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1939
- Pages 156pp; illus
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Finance of production & trade
- Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
- Name Worker / employee wages & remuneration
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Intended by the writer as an [early] scholarly business history study, dealing with certain aspects of the business of Peter Stubs. Based on a detailed analysis of the firm's extensive archives. Chapters include: 'The workers' [2 chapters - ie work organisation inc outworking, remuneration, etc]; 'The material' [ie supply system re rods of cast steel made in Sheffield]; 'The market' [including distribution system]; 'The inn' [ie Peter Stubs's work as an innkeeper and his work in its related trades]; 'The carriers' [ie transport used by the business]; 'Medium of exchange' [ie means by which the business was financed]; 'The file maker and his family's transport used by the business'. Includes family tree of Stubs family of Warrington