Patricia Van den Eeckhout is Professor of History and Discourse Analysis at the Vrije Universiteit, Brussel. She has published on the historiography of social history and the history of social housing policy, working-class family income, consumption, advertising, leisure, social statistics and labor relations.

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• List of IllustrationsList of TablesList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Foremen in American and Western European Industry before the First World WarPatricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 2. Work Organisation and Supervision in the Textile Industry: The Case of La España Industrial, Barcelona (1849-1888)Cristina BorderíasChapter 3. Salaried Authority. The Versatile Fate of Contremaîtres in the Ghent Cotton Industry (1830-1914)Peter ScholliersChapter 4. Secrets, Lies and Contracts: Conflicts between Employers and Their Foremen in Nineteenth-Century Ghent (1885-1913)Patricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 5. ‘To Organise Liberty’: Foremen and the Effort Bargain during British IndustrialisationJames A. JaffeChapter 6. Wage Forms and Hierarchy in Late Nineteenth-Century French IndustryJérôme Bourdieu and Gilles Postel-VinayChapter 7. Leading Hands at Work: the Impact of Changes in Technology, Work Organisation and Payment Systems on Supervision in the British Engineering Industry (1870-1914)Joseph MellingChapter 8. ‘Stealing the Souls of Men’: Employers, Supervisors and Work Organisation, c. 1890-1939Richard Coopey and Alan McKinlayChapter 9. Porions and Conducteurs: Supervisory Functions in the Belgian Limburg Coal-Mining Industry (1917-1939)Bart DelbroekPostscriptPatricia Van den EeckhoutNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

Patricia Van den Eeckhout is Professor of History and Discourse Analysis at the Vrije Universiteit, Brussel. She has published on the historiography of social history and the history of social housing policy, working-class family income, consumption, advertising, leisure, social statistics and labor relations.

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• List of IllustrationsList of TablesList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Foremen in American and Western European Industry before the First World WarPatricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 2. Work Organisation and Supervision in the Textile Industry: The Case of La España Industrial, Barcelona (1849-1888)Cristina BorderíasChapter 3. Salaried Authority. The Versatile Fate of Contremaîtres in the Ghent Cotton Industry (1830-1914)Peter ScholliersChapter 4. Secrets, Lies and Contracts: Conflicts between Employers and Their Foremen in Nineteenth-Century Ghent (1885-1913)Patricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 5. ‘To Organise Liberty’: Foremen and the Effort Bargain during British IndustrialisationJames A. JaffeChapter 6. Wage Forms and Hierarchy in Late Nineteenth-Century French IndustryJérôme Bourdieu and Gilles Postel-VinayChapter 7. Leading Hands at Work: the Impact of Changes in Technology, Work Organisation and Payment Systems on Supervision in the British Engineering Industry (1870-1914)Joseph MellingChapter 8. ‘Stealing the Souls of Men’: Employers, Supervisors and Work Organisation, c. 1890-1939Richard Coopey and Alan McKinlayChapter 9. Porions and Conducteurs: Supervisory Functions in the Belgian Limburg Coal-Mining Industry (1917-1939)Bart DelbroekPostscriptPatricia Van den EeckhoutNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

Patricia Van den Eeckhout is Professor of History and Discourse Analysis at the Vrije Universiteit, Brussel. She has published on the historiography of social history and the history of social housing policy, working-class family income, consumption, advertising, leisure, social statistics and labor relations.

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• List of IllustrationsList of TablesList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Foremen in American and Western European Industry before the First World WarPatricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 2. Work Organisation and Supervision in the Textile Industry: The Case of La España Industrial, Barcelona (1849-1888)Cristina BorderíasChapter 3. Salaried Authority. The Versatile Fate of Contremaîtres in the Ghent Cotton Industry (1830-1914)Peter ScholliersChapter 4. Secrets, Lies and Contracts: Conflicts between Employers and Their Foremen in Nineteenth-Century Ghent (1885-1913)Patricia Van den EeckhoutChapter 5. ‘To Organise Liberty’: Foremen and the Effort Bargain during British IndustrialisationJames A. JaffeChapter 6. Wage Forms and Hierarchy in Late Nineteenth-Century French IndustryJérôme Bourdieu and Gilles Postel-VinayChapter 7. Leading Hands at Work: the Impact of Changes in Technology, Work Organisation and Payment Systems on Supervision in the British Engineering Industry (1870-1914)Joseph MellingChapter 8. ‘Stealing the Souls of Men’: Employers, Supervisors and Work Organisation, c. 1890-1939Richard Coopey and Alan McKinlayChapter 9. Porions and Conducteurs: Supervisory Functions in the Belgian Limburg Coal-Mining Industry (1917-1939)Bart DelbroekPostscriptPatricia Van den EeckhoutNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex