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Paperback. This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780774823432
- ISBN
- 9780774823432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. This book examines the explosive growth of the CIO in Canada during the Second World War, showing how cultural as well as economic forces were at work in the gritty work of union organizing. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823425
- ISBN
- 9780774823425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.40
€ 102.40
Hardback. This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary forced labour as a global social problem and argues that it should be located within the broader study of work-based harm. Series: Studies in Social Harm. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322030
- ISBN
- 9781447322030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.84
€ 167.84
Hardback. On the basis of his new fieldwork done in south Gujarat between 2004 and 2006, Jan Breman critically analyses the historical roots of the ongoing subordination of the rural poor in what has come to be recognised as a booming economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, 1 folded map. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHBL; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195685213
- ISBN
- 9780195685213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.57
€ 58.57
Hardback. This collection of essays deals with the latest research on British labour history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It has been written by leading British historians, such as Ken Brown, Malcolm Chase and Matthew Worley, in honour of Professor Chris Wrigley Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; JHB; JPF; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784995270
- ISBN
- 9781784995270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.09
€ 168.09
Hardcover. By providing a comprehensive and multi-layered picture of the troubled relationship between working-class radicals and organised Liberalism in England between 1868 and 1888, Labour and the Caucus offers a new, innovative pre-history of the Labour party. Series: Studies in Labour History. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFF; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319440
- ISBN
- 9781846319440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.95
€ 142.95
Paperback. A history of the American Federation of Labor, which played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748244
- ISBN
- 9780814748244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.97
€ 38.97
Paperback. This collection of personal narratives is from the day-to-work of people who attempt to prove the Catholic University true to its mission. Faculty, administrators, and alumni provide personal perspectives on how the Catholic character is realized in their own occupations, ministries, and vocations. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX7; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ of Notre Dame Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268014254
- ISBN
- 9780268014254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.96
€ 20.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. How childbearing among enslaved women became commodified-and was exploited by slaveowners as well as slaves. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218732
- ISBN
- 9780812218732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. Examines labor's response to issues as: benefits for same-sex partners, anti-discrimination language in collective agreements, and education. This book gives a vision to the subject of equity in the workplace. It is meant for those interested in labor and organizational studies, gay and lesbian activism, and international, comparative studies. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 302 pages, 4 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSK; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397186
- ISBN
- 9781566397186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.26
€ 45.26
Paperback. Presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. This book provides an important link between the sociology of modern sciences and laboratory studies in the history of science. Editor(s): Salk, Jonas. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691028323
- ISBN
- 9780691028323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.75
€ 46.99
€ 33.75
Hardback. During the 60 years between the founding of Bismarck's German Empire and Hitler's rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on 20th-century culture. This title presents a study of the fateful symbiosis between Germans and Jews in Central Europe, which culminated in the tragic denouement of the Holocaust. Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 410 pages, 22 photographs, 2 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803211346
- ISBN
- 9780803211346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.45
€ 60.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brewster, Nicholas J. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVF1; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 258 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613246924
- ISBN
- 9781613246924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 333.99€ 229.00
€ 333.99
€ 229.00
Paperback.
Work is, and always will be, a central institution of society. What makes a capitalist society unique is that it treats the human capacity to engage in labor as a basic commodity. This can be a source of dynamism, as when innovative firms raise wages to attract the best and brightest. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653679
- ISBN
- 9780745653679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.61
€ 24.61
Hardback. Work is, and always will be, a central institution of society. What makes a capitalist society unique is that it treats the human capacity to engage in labor as a basic commodity. This can be a source of dynamism, as when innovative firms raise wages to attract the best and brightest. Series: Economy and Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653662
- ISBN
- 9780745653662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. Examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JHBL; JPFF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131976
- ISBN
- 9781592131976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. A study of the Belyuen community of northern Australia, showing how it draws identity from deep connections between labour, language and the landscape. Povinelli's findings challenge Western notions of "productive labour" and long-standing ideas about the role of culture in subsistence economies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226676746
- ISBN
- 9780226676746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.72
€ 42.99
€ 33.72
paperback. How the Cold War affected local-level union politics Editor(s): Stromquist, Shelton. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074691
- ISBN
- 9780252074691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBL; JPWQ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630069
- ISBN
- 9780691630069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.51
€ 150.51
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595585189
- ISBN
- 9781595585189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.30
€ 21.99
€ 21.30