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BL
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1025404
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b779774
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| Main Entry
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Blackburn, Sheila,1949-
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| Title & Author
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A fair day's wage for a fair day's work? : : sweated labour and the origins of minimum wage legislation in Britain /\ Sheila Blackburn.
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| Publication Statement
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Aldershot, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in labour history
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1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0754686892
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: 6611208437
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: 9780754686897
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: 9786611208431
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0754632644
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9780754632641
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index.
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| Contents
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PART I: Sweating Revealed, 1843-1890; PART II: The Search for an Effective Solution; PART III: The Minimum Wage in Practice; Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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Adopting a broad national and long-run approach, this book examines the issue of sweated labour and the legal control of low pay in Britain between 1840 and 1930. It explores the definition of sweated labour and the forces that generate it, as well as tackling the image of the sweated labourer and how it has changed over time. Having focused on these issues, the book then looks at how the problem was dealt with and analyses the success of reforms aimed at eradicating the practice.
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| Subject
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Labor policy-- Great Britain-- History.
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Minimum wage-- Law and legislation-- Great Britain-- History.
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Sweatshops-- Great Britain-- History.
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Labor policy.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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Minimum wage-- Law and legislation.
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Sweatshops.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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344.41012/3
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| LC Classification
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KD3118.B53 2007eb
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