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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Ahearn, Daniel J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1968]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 1968
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 518
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231898140; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/ahea94330
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Daniel J. Ahearn.

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.