Contracts and Pay

Work in London Construction 1660–1785

Judy Z. Stephenson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XII, 261 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-57507-0 (ISBN)

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This book presents a new economic history of London construction in the early modern period. Drawing on extensive archival material from key sites such as St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge, it describes the organization of contracts and work on large-scale 'extraordinary' projects and maintenance contracts in the city during a key period of architectural and organizational development in Britain. Stephenson shows that the organisation of the industry and the welfare of its workers were shaped by the contracts and finance of large institutions and ambitious businessmen. Providing fresh wage and earnings data for craftsmen and labourers during the period, it offers new material and debate for economic, business and construction historians.

Judy Z. Stephenson is Fellow of Wadham College Oxford, UK, and an economic historian of labour markets, organisations and employment in early modern England. She has worked with the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, UK, and was formerly an Economic History Society Tawney Fellow.

Chapter 1: A short history of builder's wages in Economic History.- Chapter 2: The market for building.- Chapter 3: Contractors.- Chapter 4: Contracts and ways of working in the building trades.- Chapter 5: What did bosses (in London construction) do?.- Chapter 6: Contracts and Pay at St. Paul's Cathedral.- Chapter 7: Pay on the Bridges and at Middle Temple.- Chapter 8: Contracts and pay at other sites.- Chapter 9: Conclusions and further notes on understanding Early Modern contracts and pay.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.03.2018
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Zusatzinfo	XII, 261 p. 22 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	488 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Architectural History and Theory • Building craftsmen • Contractors • Economic History • Economics • Economics and finance • History of Architecture • History: specific events & topics • History: specific events & topics • Labor Economics • Labor history • Labour Economics • Labour Markets • Living Standards • London Bridge • Management • margins • operations • Real wage • Social & Cultural History • Social & cultural history • theory of architecture • Urban Economics • Urban History
ISBN-10	3-319-57507-4 / 3319575074
ISBN-13	978-3-319-57507-0 / 9783319575070
Zustand	Neuware