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Experiencing Wages: Social and Cultural Aspects of Wage Forms in Europe since 1500 (International Studies in Social History, 4) - Softcover

 
9781571815477: Experiencing Wages: Social and Cultural Aspects of Wage Forms in Europe since 1500 (International Studies in Social History, 4)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1571815473 ISBN 13: 9781571815477
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2004

Synopsis

When discussing wages, historians have traditionally concentrated on the level of wages, much less on how people were paid for their work. Important aspects were thus ignored such as how frequently were wages actually paid, how much of the wage was paid in non-monetary form - whether as traditional perquisites or community relief - especially when there was often insufficient coinage available to pay wages. Covering a wide geographical area, ranging from Spain to Finland, and time span, ranging from the sixteenth century to the 1930s, this volume offers fresh perspectives on key areas in social and economic history such as the relationship between customs, moral economy, wages and the market, changing pay and wage forms and the relationship between age, gender and wages.

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About the Authors

Peter Scholliers works at the Center for Contemporary Social History, Free University Brussels.



Leonard Schwarz works at the Department of Modern History, University of Birmingham.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1571815473
ISBN 13 
9781571815477
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
292
Editor
Scholliers Peter, Schwarz Leonard