Organised Capital: Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations in Northern England, 1880-1939
This detailed new study—the first academic monograph on the history of British employers' organizations—develops a much-neglected theme in social history. Using previously untapped primary sources, Organised Capital explores these institutions from a regional, comparative perspective, analyzing their growth and activities during their heyday, and challenging current interpretations of employers' groups. Arthur McIvor's study will be of interest both to historians and to students of industrial relations.
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Organised Capital: Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations in Northern England, 1880-1939
This detailed new study—the first academic monograph on the history of British employers' organizations—develops a much-neglected theme in social history. Using previously untapped primary sources, Organised Capital explores these institutions from a regional, comparative perspective, analyzing their growth and activities during their heyday, and challenging current interpretations of employers' groups. Arthur McIvor's study will be of interest both to historians and to students of industrial relations.
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Organised Capital: Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations in Northern England, 1880-1939

Organised Capital: Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations in Northern England, 1880-1939

by Arthur J. McIvor
Organised Capital: Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations in Northern England, 1880-1939

Organised Capital: Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations in Northern England, 1880-1939

by Arthur J. McIvor

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This detailed new study—the first academic monograph on the history of British employers' organizations—develops a much-neglected theme in social history. Using previously untapped primary sources, Organised Capital explores these institutions from a regional, comparative perspective, analyzing their growth and activities during their heyday, and challenging current interpretations of employers' groups. Arthur McIvor's study will be of interest both to historians and to students of industrial relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521890922
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 06/20/2002
Edition description: FIRST/REPRINT
Pages: 324
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Context and historiography; 2. The legacy: origins of employers' associations; Part II. Forging Employers' Associations, 1880–1920: 3. Organisation, membership and solidarity; 4. Strikebreaking; 5. Collective bargaining and procedural control; 6. The impact of World War One; Part III. Reacting to the Economic Slump: 7. The millowners' counter-attack; 8. Stabilising labour markets: building; 9. Defending managerial prerogative: engineering; Conclusion.
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