Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii
4. INTRODUCTION
5. CHAPTER 1 THE WAGE IN EUROPE SINCE THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 3
6. CUSTOM, WAGES AND THE MARKET
7. CHAPTER 2 INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN WAGE FORMATION: PORT LABOUR IN ANTWERP (SIXTEENTH–EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES) 27
8. CHAPTER 3 WHEN LABOUR HIRES CAPITAL: EVIDENCE FROM LANCASHIRE, 1870–1914 53
9. CHAPTER 4 GIVING NOTICE: THE LEGITIMATE WAY OF QUITTING AND FIRING (GHENT, 1877–1896) 81
10. CHANGING PAY SYSTEMS AND WAGE FORMS
11. CHAPTER 5 WAGE FORMS, WAGE SYSTEMS AND WAGE CONFLICTS IN GERMAN CRAFTS DURING THE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLIER NINETEENTH CENTURIES 113
12. CHAPTER 6 WAGE FORMS, PAY SYSTEMS AND LABOUR CONTROL IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AGRICULTURE. EVIDENCE FROM THE DUTCH PROVINCE OF GRONINGEN 139
13. CHAPTER 7 CASH, WAGES AND THE ECONOMY OF MAKESHIFTS IN ENGLAND, 1650–1800 155
14. AGE, GENDER AND WAGES
15. CHAPTER 8 GENDERED WAGE SYSTEMS AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN FINLAND IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES 183
16. CHAPTER 9 ENGENDERING THE EXPERIENCE OF WAGES: THE EVOLUTION OF THE PIECEWORK SYSTEM AT THE SPANISH TOBACCO MONOPOLY, 1800–1930S 201
17. CHAPTER 10 AGE, GENDER AND THE WAGE IN BRITAIN, 1830–1930 229
18. CHAPTER 11 AT WHAT COST WAS PRE-EMINENCE PURCHASED? CHILD LABOUR AND THE FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 251
19. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 269
20. INDEX 273