Cotton Textile Wages in the United States and Great Britain : A Comparison of Trends, 1860-1945 /
Traces the movement of cotton textile wages in Great Britain and the United States from 1860 to 1945. Examines two aspects of the wage problem: differentials between workers of high and low skills, and differences between wages in different regions of the two countries. Also addresses the historical...
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[1948]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- I. Wages from 1860 to I945
- II. Labor Productivity
- III. Real Wages and the Standard of Living
- IV. Through Two World Wars
- V. Wage Differentials
- VI. Regional Differences
- VII. The Role of Trade Unionism
- VIII. Conclusion
- Appendix I. Wages in 1860
- Appendix II. Payments in Kind
- Appendix III. Index Numbers of Cotton Goods Prices
- Appendix IV. Cost of Living of American Workers
- Bibliography
- Index