Wages in the United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century
Notes for the Use of Students of Social and Economic Questions

This book, which was first published in 1900, provides a statistically based examination of British wages during the nineteenth century.

Arthur L. Bowley (Author)

9781107419001, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 August 2014

158 pages
21.6 x 14 x 0.9 cm, 0.21 kg

Sir Arthur Lyon Bowley (1869–1957) was a British economist and statistician. In this book, which was first published in 1900, Bowley provides a statistically based examination of British wages during the nineteenth century. Originating in notes prepared for the Newmarch Lectures at University College London in 1898, the text constitutes an attempt 'to illustrate the various questions that arise in the study of wages, choosing those groups which afford problems of any special difficulty or interest'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in British economic history and the development of statistics.

1. General object and method
2. Nature of material and chief authorities
3. Meaning and use of 'the average wage'
4. Agricultural wages in England
5. Agricultural wages in Sussex. Wages contrasted with earnings
6. Course of wages in Ireland
7. Scotch agriculture
8. General view of course of wages obtained by a study of two occupations
9. General estimates of wages hitherto published
10. Printers wages
11. Wages of seamen
12. Special study of wages in the building trades
13. Coal miners' wages. Complete sequence of wages in south Scotland
14. The textile industries: hand-loom weavers: wool
15. Cotton
16. The iron trades
17. Conclusion
Appendix I. Selected diagrams
Appendix II. List of dates
Appendix III. Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Labour economics [KCF]