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Conquerors, Employers and Arbiters: States and Shifts in Labour Relations, 1500–2000
Karin Hofmeester
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paperback. This volume considers the role of states in explaining patterns of continuity and change in labour relations around the world. Editor(s): Hofmeester, Karin; Kessler, Gijs; Moll-Murata, Christine. Series: International Review of Social History Supplements. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
Starting from a broad definition of labour relations as the full range of vertical and horizontal social relations under which work is performed, both within and outside the household, this volume examines the way states have shaped and interacted with labour relations in a wide range of periods and places, from the sixteenth-century silver mines of Potosí in the Andes to late twentieth-century Sweden, and from seventeenth-century Dzungharia to early twentieth-century colonial Mozambique. The articles presented look at very different types of states, from local and regional power holders to nation states and empires, and explore the activities of these ... Read more
Starting from a broad definition of labour relations as the full range of vertical and horizontal social relations under which work is performed, both within and outside the household, this volume examines the way states have shaped and interacted with labour relations in a wide range of periods and places, from the sixteenth-century silver mines of Potosí in the Andes to late twentieth-century Sweden, and from seventeenth-century Dzungharia to early twentieth-century colonial Mozambique. The articles presented look at very different types of states, from local and regional power holders to nation states and empires, and explore the activities of these ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
International Review of Social History Supplements
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781316642528
SKU
V9781316642528
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