The Wages of Farm and Factory Laborers 1914-1944 / Daniel J. Ahearn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahearn, Daniel J., author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 518

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1968]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Compares the wages of farm laborers with those of factory workers from 1914-1944. Examines why one group's wages increased by two hundred percent while the other only by nine percent and how these groups were affected.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Charts

List of Tables

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. The Available Data-Statistics of the Number of Farm Laborers and Factory Laborers

Chapter III. The Available Data-Wage Statistics for Farm Laborers and Factory Laborers

Chapter IV. Inflation and Deflation, 1914-1922

Chapter V. Recovery and Stability, 1922-1929

Chapter VI. Depression and Revival, 1929-1944

Chapter VII. Annual Earnings, Money and Real

Chapter VIII. Wages, Production, and Productivity

Chapter IX. Summary and Conclusions

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89814-2

OCLC:

1100444568