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Colonialism, Institutional Change, and Shifts in Global Labour Relations / Karin Hofmeester, Pim de Zwart.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons ; 3Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource : 12 halftones, 12 line drawingsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789048535026
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Contents:
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
Title is part of eBook package: AUP eBook Package 2016-2018Title is part of eBook package: Amsterdam University Press eBook Package 2015-2017Title is part of eBook package: Amsterdam University Press eBook Package 2018Summary: This book offers a view of shifts in labor relations in various parts of the world over a breathtaking span, from 1500 to 2000, with a particular emphasis on colonial institutions. How did growing demand for colonial commodities affect labor in the Global South? How did colonial interference with land and labor markets affect developments in labor relations? And what were the effects of the introduction of colonial currencies? The contributors to this volume answer those questions and more, combining global perspectives with impressively detailed case studies.
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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 labor relations in various parts of the world over a breathtaking span, from 1500 to 2000, with a particular emphasis on colonial institutions. How did growing demand for colonial commodities affect labor in the Global South? How did colonial interference with land and labor markets affect developments in labor relations? And what were the effects of the introduction of colonial currencies? The contributors to this volume answer those questions and more, combining global perspectives with impressively detailed case studies.

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