Escape from the Market : Negotiating Work in Lancashire
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521142660
ISBN-13
9780521142663
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 10th, 2010
Print length
244 Pages
Weight
378 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899Labour / income economicsLabour economicsEconomic history
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This book questions the idea that wages were set by thoroughgoing competition in the heyday of laissez-faire capitalism. Drawing on the experience of workers during industrialisation, this book shows that workers and firms have good reasons to fix wages independently of market fluctuations.
At the outset of the industrial revolution the Lancashire labour market was a model of thoroughgoing competition. Wages adjusted quickly and smoothly to changes in the demand for and supply of labour. Within two generations, however, workers and firms had retreated from the market. Instead of busting wages, firms paid fixed rates; instead of breaking ties on short notice, workers sought longer-term associations. Social norms - doing the right thing - protected and preserved the fresh labour market arrangements. This book explains the causes and effects of changes in the labour market in the context of developments in labour economics and fresh research in social and economic history.
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