Coercion, Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century
Robert J. (State University of New York, Buffalo) Steinfeld
Cambridge University Press, 2001
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521773607
- ISBN-10
- 0521773601
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2001
- Publication date
- 2001-02-12
- Pages
- 342
- Dimensions
- 229x152x22
- Weight
- 607