The Clothing Workers of Great Britain / Edition 1

by S.P Dobbs

Overview

First Published in 2005. This book is a part of the studies in Economic and Political Science series and is a study of the British Clothing Trades. The first aim is to describe the present-day structure and localization of the Clothing Industry in Great Britain. The second is to compare existing conditions in the industry with those which prevailed some twenty years ago and to determine the causes to which the changes which have taken place are due.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138865037
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/07/2015
Series:	Economic History
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

S.P Dobbs Formerly Lecturer in Economics in the Universities of Toronto and Sheffield

Table of Contents

Author’s Preface Introduction 1. Introductory 2. The Clothing Trades 3. The Localization of the Industry 4. Wage Regulation and the Trade Boards 5. The Wage Level and Methods of Wage Payment 6. Trade Unions 7. Employers’ Associations 8. Apprenticeship and the Problem of Recruitment 9. The Decline of Homework and Sweating - General Review of Conditions in the Industry Bibliography Appendices Index