Colonialism, Institutional Change, and Shifts in Global Labour Relations
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- HISTORY -- Social History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
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- Colonies -- Aspect economique -- Histoire
- Relations industrielles -- Histoire
- Colonies -- Economic aspects -- History
- Industrial relations -- History
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction / Hofmeester, Karin / Zwart, Pim de -- Part I. Labour in the Production of Global Commodities -- 2. The Industrialization of the Developing World and Its Impact on Labour Relations, 1840s to 1940s / Clarence-Smith, William G. -- 3. Economic Institutions and Shifting Labour Relations in the Indian, Brazilian, and South African Diamond Mines / Hofmeester, Karin -- 4. The Global Detour of Cane Sugar / Bosma, Ulbe -- 5. Threads of Imperialism / Meerkerk, Elise van Nederveen -- 6. The Triumph of the Peasant Option and the Parasitic Cotton Sector in Malawi, 1891 to 1995 / Mandala, Elias C. -- Part II. Changing Labour and Land Market Institutions -- 7. Extractive Economy and Institutions? / Barragán, Rossana -- 8. Changing Tides / Rossum, Matthias van -- 9. Wage Labour and Slavery on the Cape Frontier / Fourie, Johan / Green, Erik -- Part III. Monetization and the Payment of Work -- 10. Paying in Cents, Paying in Rupees / Pallaver, Karin -- 11. Labour and Deep Monetization in Eurasia, 1000 to 1900 / Lucassen, Jan -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
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This book offers a view of shifts in labour relations in various parts of the world over a breathtaking span, from 1500 to 2000, with a particular emphasis on colonial institutions.
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