The Formation of Craft Labor Markets (Studies in social discontinuity Series) by Jackson, Robert Max - 1984

Academic Press. Very Good. 1984. Hardcover. 0123790204 . A few small markings to the first 50 pages, otherwise subsequent 300 are clean and unmarked. All around a nice copy. .

Academic Press, 1984. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This book offers a systematic and historical explanation of craft labor market formation based upon case studies of the experience in the construction and printing industries during the period 1820 to 1920; the underlying assumption is that these two industries, which came closest to achieving the ideal image of an organized craft labor market and which otherwise differ in their structure and history, will suggest the essential bases of craft labor market formation; this book therefore provides both a theoretical treatment of craft labor market formation and analyzes the history of that process in the contruction and printing industries; craft labor markets were at the center of struggles over labor relations throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries and most important issues of conflict between employers and workers were first fought out within these markets, resulting in precedents that affected all later conflicts over similar issues (dark… Read More