Beschreibung:
This detailed study contributes to an expanding field of interest: the social history of industrial employers. It explores the emergence of employers' organisations in northern England and analyses their policies during the heyday of collective activity.
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.