The Lifework of a Labor Historian: Essays in Honor of Marcel van der Linden
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| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2018-10-16 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004386617 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004386610 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (610 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Lifework of a Labor Historian: Essays in Honor of Marcel van der Linden written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life Work of a Labor Historian: Essays in Honor of Marcel van der Linden (eds. Ulbe Bosma and Karin Hofmeester), presents the latest developments in the history of labor and capitalism. As part of Global Labor History, Jan Lucassen, Magaly Rodrígues García, Sidney Chalhoub, and Willem van Schendel discuss new concepts of work and workers, including sex workers, slaves in Brazil, and voluntary communal laborers in North-East India, while Andreas Eckert shows the relevance of area studies. Jürgen Kocka presents a history of capitalism and its critics to date, Pepijn Brandon analyzes Marx’s ideas on the link between free and coerced labor, and Jan Breman looks at the effects of capitalism on rural solidarity through the lens of Tocqueville.
