Coercion, Contract, and Free Labor in the Nineteenth Century

by Robert J. Steinfeld

Book Overview

This book presents a fundamental reassessment of the nature of wage labor in the nineteenth century, focusing on the common use of penal sanctions in England to enforce wage labor agreements.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521774004
• ISBN13: 9780521774000
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"