Men at Work. Labourers and building craftsmen in the towns of northern England, 1450-1750
Details:
- Author(s) Woodward, Donald M
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1995
- Pages 315pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Workers / employee & work, women & men
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- 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:
Deals with the industry's work force of craftsmen and labourers. 'Focuses on the lives and economic impact of the building trade in the early modern period in the context of change from rural economy on the eve of industrialisation', 1450-1750. Addresses conditions of work in the building trades, levels of remuneration, characteristics of the life cycle of male and female workers, relationships with employers, etc. Chapters are; 'Building craftsmen at work'; 'Life cycle of building craftsmen'; 'Labourers'; 'Conditions of work for labourers and building craftsmen'; 'Wage rates in the northern towns'; 'Towards an understanding of living standards'