{"product_id":"escape-from-the-market-negotiating-work-in-lancashire-hardback-9780521561518","title":"Escape from the Market; Negotiating Work in Lancashire (Hardback) 9780521561518","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEscape from the Market\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNegotiating Work in Lancashire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book describes how wages were set in post-industrial revolution Lancashire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Huberman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521561518, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 September 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: '… an important book and an eloquent argument to be reckoned with by all historians of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western economies'. Pat Hudson, English Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the myth of the Lancashire labour market\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Labour Market Failure?: 2. Custom against the market: the early labour market\u003cbr\u003e 3. Principals and agents: the labour market into the second generation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Who's minding the mill? The supervision problem\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Economics of Piece-Rate Bargaining: 5. The fair wage model\u003cbr\u003e Part III. How Did Labour Markets Really Work?: 6. Fair and unfair wages: 1825–50\u003cbr\u003e 7. Short hours and seniority in the 'hungry 'forties'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rules and standards: wage lists in Lancashire\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusion: 9. More lessons from the cotton mills\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006042558744,"sku":"9780521561518","price":61.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521561518_75b3f796-d2ac-41d7-b08b-1cd77edbc45f.gif?v=1691369799","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/escape-from-the-market-negotiating-work-in-lancashire-hardback-9780521561518","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}