Striking a Bargain: Work and Industrial Relations in England, 1815-1865This is a fundamental reassessment of the work of William Holman Hunt, and the first critical text to reproduce his pictures in colour and set him on an international stage. Introducing a new critique of the autobiography and drawing on hundreds of private letters, drawings and paintings, the author depicts a radical man of his times, deeply troubled by the pivotal concerns of the materialist age - the isolation of the individual, the collapse of faith and the status of art - and seeking solutions through a systematic testing of the extremes of painting. A close examination of the pictures, including neglected later works, combined with recent scientific research relate the physical act of painting, and the paint, back to the body of the artist. Lavishly illustrated and engagingly written, this book answers the longstanding lack of any monograph on Hunt and will make compelling reading for undergraduate and graduate students of History of Art, Victorian Studies, English Literature and Religious Studies, as well as curators, conservators and the artist's many admirers. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The hidden abode industrial relations and the failure of economic discourse | 17 |
A transactional universe trade unions and the ideology of labour relations during the Industrial Revolution | 46 |
Workplace bargaining during the Industrial Revolution | 74 |
Employers organizations trade unions and collective bargaining | 111 |
The gift at work? the effort bargain and shopfloor restriction in the early industrial workplace | 155 |
Games at work? rulemaking and reputations | 183 |
Arbitration and authority | 207 |
Conclusion | 249 |
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