Struggle for Market Power - Industrial Relations in the British Coal Industry, 1800-1840

Klappentext An account of the respective market ideologies of capital and labour during the Industrial Revolution. Zusammenfassung This book examines the sources of the perception of the market on the part of both capital and labour and the elaboration of their alternative market ideologies. Of particular import is the argument that working-class culture expressed a fundamental acceptance of the utility of the market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Capital and credit; 2. The perception of the market and industrial policy; 3. Managerial capitalism; 4. Family, community, and the labor market; 5. Work and the ideology of the market; 6. Religion, ideology, and trade unions; 7. The transformation of market relations: Tommy Hepburn's union, 1831; 8. Epilogue: class struggle and market power; Conclusion: the labor process and the market; Appendix; Select bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: James A. Jaffe, James Alan Jaffe, Jaffe James Alan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.1991
• EAN: 9780521391467
• ISBN: 978-0-521-39146-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, C 1700 To C 1800