Soft coal, hard choices : the economic welfare of bituminous coal miners, 1890-1930 /

While most studies of labor in the coal industry focus on the struggle to organize unions, this work offers a more diverse and quantitative examination of the labor market. It regards the economic lives of the bituminous coal miners in the early twentieth century. Fishback's analytic frameworke...

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Fishback, Price Van Meter
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Zusammenfassung:
While most studies of labor in the coal industry focus on the struggle to organize unions, this work offers a more diverse and quantitative examination of the labor market. It regards the economic lives of the bituminous coal miners in the early twentieth century. Fishback's analytic frameworkencompasses competition among employers for labor, the legal environment, institutional development in response to transactions costs as well as the impact of labor unions on the coal industry. Utilizing economic theory and statistics, Fishback reveals the models hidden in the descriptions ofevents, and t
Umfang:
1 online resource (292 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-536193-8
1-4237-6441-2
1-280-44073-2
1-60129-801-3
Schlagworte:
Coal miners > United States > History.
Bituminous coal industry > United States > History.
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