Coercion, Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century

Table des matières

Introduction: free wage labor in the history of the West; Part I. American Contract Labor and English Wage Labor: The Use of Pecuniary and Nonpecuniary Pressure: 1. 'Free' contract labor in the United States: an anti-essentialist view of labor types I; 2. 'Unfree' wage labor in nineteenth-century England: an anti-essentialist view of labor types II; 3. Explaining the legal content of English wage labor; 4. Struggles over the rules: the Common Law Courts, parliament, the people, and the master and servant acts; 5. Struggles under the rules: strategic behavior and historical change in legal context; 6. Struggles to change the rules; 7. Freedom of contract and freedom of person; Part II. 'Free' and 'Unfree' Labor in the United States: 8. 'Involuntary servitude' in American fundamental law; 9. Labor contract enforcement in the American north; Conclusion.

Résumé

This book presents a fundamental reassessment of wage labor in the nineteenth century, focusing on the use of sanctions to enforce wage labor agreements. Professor Steinfeld argues that wage workers were often bound to their employment by enforceable labor agreements, which employers used to manage labor costs and supply.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert J. Steinfeld, Steinfeld Robert J.
• Collaboration: Christopher Tomlins (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780521774000
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77400-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Poids: 500 g
• Illustrations: 1 b/w illus. 2 maps 3 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Karten, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Thèmes: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society; Cambridge Historical Studies i; Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Général, dictionnaires; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Labour / income economics, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Labour Economics, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General