
Soft Coal, Hard Choices
The Economic Welfare of Bituminous Coal Miners, 1890-1930
Price V. Fishback(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 13. August 1992
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-19-506725-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of the economic lives of American bituminous coal miners in the early part of this century. Most studies of labour in coal mining focus on the struggle to organize unions. This study offers a broader, more quantitative picture of the labour market, making use of economic theory and statistics, and emphasizing competition among employers for labour, the legal environment, the development of institutions in response to transactions costs, as well as the impact of unions.
Reviews / Votes
'a stimulating and lucid reassessment of a major area of US labour history ... this is an excellent example of historical economics ... There are very few British labour historians who would not benefit from reading this book. It is an impressive application of labour economics and statistics to the history of aspects of industrial relastions.'Chris Wrigley, Nottingham University, Business History
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line illustrations, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
628 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-506725-5 (9780195067255)
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E-Book
05/1992
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€84.49
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Associate Professor of EconomicsAssociate Professor of Economics, University of Arizona