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Wages, Manufacturers and Workers in the Nineteenth-Century Factory: The Voortman Cotton Mill in Ghent
Scholliers, Peter (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Wages, Manufacturers and Workers in the Nineteenth-Century Factory: The Voortman Cotton Mill in Ghent
Scholliers, Peter (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
A study of the impact of spiralling wage demands in a cotton factory in Ghent during the 19th century and the efforts of management to reduce the cost through investment in new technology and stricter employment policies. The workers' responses to wage cutting is also considered.
256 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9781859730935 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 18 mm · 467 g |
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