Men at work : labourers and building craftsmen in the towns of Northern England, 1450-1750 / Donald Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Donald.

Series:

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 26.

Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building trades--England, Northern--Employees--History.

Building trades.

Construction workers--England, Northern--History.

Construction workers.

Building trades--England, Northern--History.

Construction industry--History--England, Northern.

Construction industry.

History.

Population.

Cities and towns.

Cost and standard of living.

Wages--Construction workers.

Wages--Building trades.

Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

Employees.

Northern England.

England, Northern--Economic conditions.

England, Northern.

England, Northern--Social conditions.

Wages--Building trades--England, Northern--History.

Wages.

Wages--Construction workers--England, Northern--History.

Cost and standard of living--England, Northern--History.

Cities and towns--England, Northern--History.

England, Northern--Population--History.

Physical Description:

xv, 315 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Summary:

A study of the impact of the building trade on the northern economy before the industrial revolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-304) and index.

ISBN:

0521472466

OCLC:

30156736