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100 1 $aGlickman, Lawrence B.,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97040215
245 12 $aA living wage :$bAmerican workers and the making of consumer society /$cLawrence B. Glickman.
260 $aIthaca, N.Y. :$bCornell University Press,$c1997.
300 $axvi, 220 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-213) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Rethinking Wage Labor --$gPt. I.$tFrom Wage Slavery to the Living Wage.$gCh. 1.$tThat Curse of Modern Civilization.$gCh. 2.$tIdle Men and Fallen Women --$gPt. II.$tThe Social Economy.$gCh. 3.$tDefining the Living Wage.$gCh. 4.$tInventing the American Standard of Living --$gPt. III.$tWorkers of the World, Consume.$gCh. 5.$tMerchants of Time.$gCh. 6.$tProducers as Consumers --$gPt. IV.$tThe Living Wage in the Twentieth Century.$gCh. 7.$tSubsistence or Consumption?$gCh. 8.$tThe Living Wage Incorporated.$tCoda: Interpreting the Living Wage and Consumption.
520 $a"A Living Wage," the rallying cry of union activists, is a concept with a revealing history, here documented by Lawrence B. Glickman. The labor movement's response to wages shows how American workers negotiated the transition from artisan to consumer, opening up new political possibilities for organized workers. At the same time, however, they created contradictions that continue to haunt the labor movement today.
520 8 $aNineteenth-century workers saw wages as dangerous, Glickman reveals, because workers hoped to become self-employed artisans rather than permanent employees. In the decades after the Civil War, organized workers began to view wage labor differently. Redefining working-class identity in consumerist terms, unions demanded a wage that would reward workers commensurate with their needs as consumers.
520 8 $aGlickman brings the story of the living wage up to the present, clearly demonstrating how a historical perspective on the concept of a living wage can inform our understanding of current controversies.
650 0 $aWages$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aCost and standard of living$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorking class$zUnited States$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113772
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory.
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