Stephenson Contracts and Pay

Work in London Construction 1660-1785
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-319-57508-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 269 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book presents a new economic history of London construction in the early modern period. Drawing on extensive archival material from key sites such as St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge, it describes the organization of contracts and work on large-scale 'extraordinary' projects and maintenance contracts in the city during a key period of architectural and organizational development in Britain. Stephenson shows that the organisation of the industry and the welfare of its workers were shaped by the contracts and finance of large institutions and ambitious businessmen. Providing fresh wage and earnings data for craftsmen and labourers during the period, it offers new material and debate for economic, business and construction historians.

Judy Z. Stephenson is Fellow of Wadham College Oxford, UK, and an economic historian of labour markets, organisations and employment in early modern England. She has worked with the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, UK, and was formerly an Economic History Society Tawney Fellow.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stephenson, Judy Z.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;8
3;List of Figures;10
4;List of Tables;12
5;1 A Short History of Builders’ Wages in Economic History;14
5.1;The Creation of Statistical Wage Series;15
5.2;Nominal London Wage Series;20
5.3;Gilboy’s Sources, Methodology, and Findings;21
5.4;Schwarz’s Sources, Methodology, and Findings;25
5.5;Boulton’s Sources, Methodology, and Findings;27
5.6;Associated Series;30
5.6.1;London in the Sixteenth Century;30
5.6.2;Beyond London: Northern England;32
5.6.3;South East England, Real and Silver Wages;33
5.6.4;‘Nominal’ Sources and Their Effect on ‘Real’ Wages;35
5.6.5;Comparisons with Other Regions and Cities;40
5.7;Market and Business Organisation;43
6;2 The Market for Building;48
6.1;Construction Market Segmentation;50
6.2;Development Before the Fire;52
6.3;Rebuilding and the Market for Construction Services;54
6.4;Beyond Rebuilding and into the Eighteenth Century;60
6.5;Organisation of Contracts and Pay at the Sites and Sources;63
6.6;Westminster Abbey;65
6.7;Greenwich Hospital;67
6.8;Middlesex Sessions;68
6.9;Middle Temple;69
6.10;St Paul’s Cathedral;70
6.11;Westminster Bridge;71
6.12;Bridge House;72
6.13;The Office of the King’s Works;74
6.14;Summary;75
7;3 Contractors;77
8;4 Contracts and Ways of Working in the Building Trades;91
8.1;Three Ways of Working;96
8.2;Contracts;101
8.3;Contracting Practice;108
8.4;The System in Practice and Its Influence on ‘Wages’;111
9;5 What did Bosses (in London Construction) do?;119
9.1;The Jenings Case;124
9.2;Management and Operating Costs;127
9.3;Search and Information Costs;130
9.4;Bargaining Costs;131
9.5;Enforcement Costs;132
9.6;The Costs of Operating: Managing Sites and Labour;133
9.7;Administration, Accounting and Auditing;136
9.8;Rent;138
9.9;Carriage;138
9.10;Tools;140
9.11;The Costs of Finance;141
9.12;Deductions;144
9.13;Profit and Overall Margin;146
9.14;Summary of Operating Costs and Profit, and Ordinary Work;147
9.15;Early Modern Bosses;150
10;6 Contracts and Pay at St Paul’s Cathedral, and at the Office of the King’s Works;152
10.1;Work and Pay in Practice at St Paul’s;156
10.2;Hierarchy, Skill and Pay;165
10.3;The Number of Days Worked and Income;168
10.4;Westminster Abbey;174
10.5;The Office of the King’s Works;176
10.6;A Summary of New Findings;181
11;7 Pay at Bridge House, Westminster Bridge, and Middle Temple;183
11.1;Bridge House Pay 1660–1685;186
11.2;Bridge House Masons 1684–1780;190
11.3;Tide Carpenters at Bridge House 1720–1785;193
11.4;Land Carpenters 1706–1785;200
11.5;Bridge House Pay in the Long Run;201
11.6;Pay at Westminster Bridge and under Andrews Jelfe;204
11.7;Pay at Middle Temple;208
12;8 Contracts and Pay in Construction in the Long Run;210
12.1;Wage Formation and Non-pecuniary Pay;211
12.2;Skill and Wage Formation;219
12.3;Nominal Incomes and Real Wage Implications;226
13;9 Conclusions and Further Notes on Understanding Early Modern Contracts and Pay;231
13.1;The Level of Pay in London;239
13.2;International Comparison of Building Wages;242
14;Bibliography;247
15;Index;261