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100 1 $aWoodward, Donald.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85170900
245 10 $aMen at work :$blabourers and building craftsmen in the towns of Northern England, 1450-1750 /$cDonald Woodward.
260 $aCambridge, CB ;$aNew York, NY, USA :$bCambridge University Press,$c1995.
300 $axv, 315 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;$v26
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Building craftsmen at work -- 3. The life-cycle of building craftsmen -- 4. Labourers -- 5. Conditions of work for labourers and building craftsmen -- 6. Wage rates in the northern towns -- 7. Towards an understanding of living standards.
520 $aThis study redresses the north and south imbalance of much work on economic and social history by focusing on the lives and economic impact of the building trade in the early-modern period in the context of the change from rural economy to the eve of industrialisation.
520 8 $aThe period 1450-1750 witnessed substantial changes in England: in the size of national population; the range of industry practised; the commodity structure and patterns of overseas trade; in agricultural techniques; and in the proportion of population tied to the soil. The evidence analysed in this book uses the nature of building and labouring work to consider the variations in wages and living standards allied to studies of individual towns.
520 8 $aUsing many hitherto unworked sources from local archives, the author addresses conditions of work in the building trades, levels of remuneration, the characteristics of the life-cycles of male and female workers, gender differences in work, and relationships with employers - at times running counter to the prevailing orthodoxies.
650 0 $aBuilding trades$zEngland, Northern$xEmployees$xHistory.
650 0 $aConstruction workers$zEngland, Northern$xHistory.
650 0 $aBuilding trades$zEngland, Northern$xHistory.
650 0 $aConstruction industry$zEngland, Northern$xHistory.
651 0 $aEngland, Northern$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aEngland, Northern$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aWages$xBuilding trades$zEngland, Northern$xHistory.
650 0 $aWages$xConstruction workers$zEngland, Northern$xHistory.
650 0 $aCost and standard of living$zEngland, Northern$xHistory.
650 0 $aCities and towns$zEngland, Northern$xHistory.
651 0 $aEngland, Northern$xPopulation$xHistory.
830 0 $aCambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;$v26.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84713221
852 00 $bglx$hHD8039.B92$iG78 1995