On the rate of wages in manchester and Salford and the manufacturing districts of Lancashire during the twenty years from 1839 to 1859 with statistical tables illustrating the progress of the cotton trade the population cost of provisions &c

David Chadwick

Verlag: Harrison and sons London, 1860

Beschreibung

disbound octavo item,from the Journal of the statistical society of London, March 1860, this item has its own title page and is also dated 1860, ex library copy with blind stamp to title page, and a later ink stamp to reverse of title page. (i) 36 pages, many tables relating to many trades,wages and waged processes in those trades,some mention of womens wages are included.Hand loom waver at this period working from home earned 16 shillings(80p) in 1839 for 70 hours of work, ten years later he earned a shilling less for the same hours.Uncommon.The author was treasurer of Salford. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006800cwk

Bibliografische Details

Titel: On the rate of wages in manchester and ...

Verlag: Harrison and sons London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1860

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Good