Handbook the global history of work

Handbook the global history of work

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 wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hofmeester, Karin (auth), Hofmeester, Karin, editor (editor), Linden, Marcel van der, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter 2018
2018.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:De Gruyter Reference
Materias:
Work > Moral and ethical aspects > History.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009438912506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction / Hofmeester, Karin / Linden, Marcel van der
  • 2. Regions
  • 2.1. China / Moll-Murata, Christine
  • 2.2. South Asia / Behal, Rana P.
  • 2.3. Sub-saharan Africa / Freund, Bill
  • 2.4. Latin America and the Caribbean / Barragán, Rossana / Mayer, David
  • 2.5. Canada and the United States / Palmer, Bryan D.
  • 2.6. Eastern Europe / Zimmermann, Susan
  • 2.7. Western Europe / Komlosy, Andrea
  • 2.8. Iran (Persia) / Atabaki, Touraj
  • 2.9. The Ottoman Middle East and Modern Turkey
  • 3. Types of Work
  • 3.1. Agriculture / Vanhaute, Eric
  • 3.2. Mining / Knotter, Ad
  • 3.3. Textile Industry / Parthasarathi, Prasannan
  • 3.4. Trade, Transport, and Services / Cole, Peter / Hart, Jennifer
  • 3.5. Administrative Staff / Garstenauer, Therese
  • 4. Labour Relations
  • 4.1. Introductory Remarks / Hofmeester, Karin
  • 4.2. Subsistence and Household Labour / Boris, Eileen
  • 4.3. Convict Labour / De Vito, Christian G.
  • 4.4. Indentured Labour / Hoefte, Rosemarijn
  • 4.5. Slave Labour / Manning, Patrick
  • 4.6. Wage Labour / Lucassen, Jan
  • 5. Attitudes To Work / Hofmeester, Karin
  • 6. Labour Migration
  • 7. Work Incentives and Forms of Supervision / Linden, Marcel van der
  • 8. Organization and Resistance
  • 8.1. Mutualism / Linden, Marcel van der
  • 8.2. Desertion / Rossum, Matthias van
  • 8.3. Strikes, Lockouts, and Informal Resistance / Velden, Sjaak van der
  • 8.4. Trade Unions / Linden, Marcel van der
  • Acknowledgments / Hofmeester, Karin / Linden, Marcel van der
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Subject Index
  • Index of Names

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