Handbook Global History of Work (Hardcover, Digital original)

Coffee from East Africa, wine from California, chocolate from the Ivory Coast - all those every day products are based on labour, often produced under appalling conditions, but always involving the combination of various work processes we are often not aware of. What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work - a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook. In 8 thematic chapters, this book discusses these aspects of work in a global and long term perspective, paying attention to several kinds of work. Convict labour, slave and wage labour, labour migration, and workers of the textile industry, but also workers' organisation, strikes, and motivations for work are part of this first handbook of global labour history, written by the most renowned scholars of the profession.

General

Imprint:	de Gruyter Oldenbourg
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	De Gruyter Reference
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2018
Editors:	Karin Hofmeester • Marcel Van Der Linden
Dimensions:	240 x 170mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	612
Edition:	Digital original
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-042835-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	3-11-042835-0
Barcode:	9783110428353

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