Experiencing Wages: Social and Cultural Aspects of Wage Forms in Europe Since 1500

by Pieter Scholliers, Leonard David Schwarz, Leonard Schwarz

Book Overview

When discussing wages, historians have traditionally concentrated on the level of wages, much less on how people were paid for their work. Important aspects were thus ignored such as how frequently were wages actually paid, how much of the wage was paid in non-monetary form - whether as traditional perquisites or community relief - especially when there was often insufficient coinage available to pay wages. Covering a wide geographical area, ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571815473
• ISBN13: 9781571815477
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"