A Hundred Years of Progress : The Record of the Scottish Typographical Association 1853-1952,
Published by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd., Glasgow, first edition, 1953, 1953
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Cloth, 8vo, xv, 268 pp, colour frontispiece. Contents: Author’s Preface; Foreword; Part I The Scottish Printing Industry and its labour Force - 1507-1853: 1. Scotland and the Art of Printing; 2. Early Forms of Labour Organisation; 3. National Organisation; 4. The Formation of the Scottish Typographical Association. Part II The First Fifty Years - 1853-1902: 5. A General Survey; 6. Advance Movements - Hours and Wages; 7. Provident Schemes; 8. The Apprentice Question; 9. Further Problems of the Period: Female Labour and Machines; 10. Disputes; 11. Relations with Kindred Unions and other matters. Part III: The Second Fifty Years - 1903-1952; 12. The Background; 13. Wages, Hours and Working Conditions; 14. Provident Schemes; 15. Apprentices; 16. Changes in the Labour Force; 17. Relations with Kindred Unions; 18. Disputes; 19. Relations with Employers and other items. Epilogue. Appendixes: 1. Rules of the General Typographical Association of Scotland, 1841; 2. The General Secretaries; 3. Table of Benefits paid by the Association, 1853 to 1952. Index Good in edgeworn and slightly browned dustwrapper. …
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- Title
- A Hundred Years of Progress : The Record of the Scottish Typographical Association 1853-1952,
- Author
- Gillespie, S.C. ; Scottish Typographical Association.
- Publisher
- Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd., Glasgow, first edition, 1953
- Publication year
- 1953
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- Hardcover
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- 1st Edition
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