Government of IndiaEconomic and Social History of the World War: Prices and Wages in the United Kingdom, 1914-1920
Author: Bowley, Arthur L.
Editor: Shotwell, James T.
Keywords: Prices and wages during the World War I in UK
Publisher: Clarendon Press, London
Description: The author of this book gives a detailed account of the principal movements in prices and rates of wages in the United Kingdom from the beginning of World War I till the Summer of 1920. The upward movement of wholesale and retail prices, as well as the wages that began during the war, continued with little interruption till the Spring of 1920. This book consists of two parts. The first part deals with the general movement of the wholesale prices, wholesale prices of groups of commodities, retail food prices, change in the cost of living, comparison of wholesale and retail food prices. Meanwhile, the second part contains the general movement of wages; wages and cost of living; wages of building, engineering, shipbuilding, iron and steel manufacturing, coal mines, agriculture and printing.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Bowley, Arthur L. |
| dc.contributor.editor | Shotwell, James T. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-02T11:28:49Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-02T11:28:49Z |
| dc.description | The author of this book gives a detailed account of the principal movements in prices and rates of wages in the United Kingdom from the beginning of World War I till the Summer of 1920. The upward movement of wholesale and retail prices, as well as the wages that began during the war, continued with little interruption till the Spring of 1920. This book consists of two parts. The first part deals with the general movement of the wholesale prices, wholesale prices of groups of commodities, retail food prices, change in the cost of living, comparison of wholesale and retail food prices. Meanwhile, the second part contains the general movement of wages; wages and cost of living; wages of building, engineering, shipbuilding, iron and steel manufacturing, coal mines, agriculture and printing. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xx, 228 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Clarendon Press, London |
| dc.subject | Prices and wages during the World War I in UK |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1921 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-033453 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Bowley, Arthur L. |
| dc.contributor.editor | Shotwell, James T. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-02T11:28:49Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-02T11:28:49Z |
| dc.description | The author of this book gives a detailed account of the principal movements in prices and rates of wages in the United Kingdom from the beginning of World War I till the Summer of 1920. The upward movement of wholesale and retail prices, as well as the wages that began during the war, continued with little interruption till the Spring of 1920. This book consists of two parts. The first part deals with the general movement of the wholesale prices, wholesale prices of groups of commodities, retail food prices, change in the cost of living, comparison of wholesale and retail food prices. Meanwhile, the second part contains the general movement of wages; wages and cost of living; wages of building, engineering, shipbuilding, iron and steel manufacturing, coal mines, agriculture and printing. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xx, 228 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Clarendon Press, London |
| dc.subject | Prices and wages during the World War I in UK |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1921 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-033453 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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