Alexander Tertzakian
Biographic Data
| ID | 1108114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Tertzakian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Tertzakian |
| SIGNATURE | TERTZAKIAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-2705-651X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Child labour and industrialization
Children were an integral part of the workforce during the British Industrial Revolution. The changing patterns of child labour as well as the causes behind its rise and fall have generated much scholarly debate. This study brings in new direct evidence on child labour from children's age certificates and school attendance records from cotton factories. We link individual children identified from these factory records with the 1851 census, and pr…
Segmentation and gender wage disparities in the early industrial workforce
This article examines the gender wage gap and wage setting in the early cotton spinning factories of the industrial revolution, with a specific focus on Richard Arkwright's Lumford Mill in Bakewell, Derbyshire. The research links workers from the mill's wage books with parish baptism records to estimate ages and construct age-wage profiles in the spinning department. Findings show a significant gender wage gap emerging in adulthood, with women's …
The Creation of a Gendered Division of Labor in Mule Spinning
The spinning mule was one of the most important innovations in the rise of the British cotton industry during the Industrial Revolution. First introduced in 1780, the mule’s diffusion overturned the traditional division of labor in spinning from women to men. This article produces new insights on this process by examining the business records of Samuel Oldknow, a pioneer of fine cotton manufacturing and an early adopter of the technology during t…
The Creation of a Gendered Division of Labor in Mule Spinning
The spinning mule was one of the most important innovations in the rise of the British cotton industry during the Industrial Revolution. First introduced in 1780, the mule’s diffusion overturned the traditional division of labor in spinning from women to men. This article produces new insights on this process by examining the business records of Samuel Oldknow, a pioneer of fine cotton manufacturing and an early adopter of the technology during t…
The Creation of a Gendered Division of Labor in Mule Spinning
The spinning mule was one of the most important innovations in the rise of the British cotton industry during the Industrial Revolution. First introduced in 1780, the mule’s diffusion overturned the traditional division of labor in spinning from women to men. This article produces new insights on this process by examining the business records of Samuel Oldknow, a pioneer of fine cotton manufacturing and an early adopter of the technology during t…
Child labour and industrialization
Children were an integral part of the workforce during the British Industrial Revolution. The changing patterns of child labour as well as the causes behind its rise and fall have generated much scholarly debate. This study brings in new direct evidence on child labour from children's age certificates and school attendance records from cotton factories. We link individual children identified from these factory records with the 1851 census, and pr…
Segmentation and gender wage disparities in the early industrial workforce
This article examines the gender wage gap and wage setting in the early cotton spinning factories of the industrial revolution, with a specific focus on Richard Arkwright's Lumford Mill in Bakewell, Derbyshire. The research links workers from the mill's wage books with parish baptism records to estimate ages and construct age-wage profiles in the spinning department. Findings show a significant gender wage gap emerging in adulthood, with women's …
Economics (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works)