Workers, Unions and Payment in Kind - The Fight for Real Wages in Britain, 1820-1914 (Hardcover)

Despite the dramatic expansion of consumer culture from the beginning of the eighteenth century onwards and the developments in retailing, advertising and credit relationships in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there were a significant number of working families in Britain who were not fully free to consume as they chose. These employees were paid in truck, or in goods rather than currency. This book will explore and analyse the changing ways that truck and workplace deductions were experienced by different groups in British society, arguing that it was far more common than has previously been acknowledged. This analysis brings to light issues of class and gender; the discourse of free trade, popular politics and protest; the development of the trade union movement; and the use of the legal system as an instrument for bringing about social and legal change.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Perspectives in Economic and Social History
Release date:	November 2019
Authors:	Christopher Frank
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-12106-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-138-12106-1
Barcode:	9781138121065

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