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Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in England, 1815-1865. (History).

Industrial and Labor Relations Review,  January, 2002  by Huberman, Michael

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Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in England, 1815-1865. By James A. Jaffe. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2000. ix, 273 pp. ISBN 0-7190-4952-0, $74.95 (cloth).

James Jaffe's new book will be of interest to readers of the ILR Review because it examines industrial relations in a period of low union density and decentralized bargaining, very similar to trends in today's U.S. labor market. For England before the establishment of more formal institutions and regulations, Jaffe, drawing on extensive archival research, finds evidence of informal ...

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