Global Histories of Work (eBook)

Inhalt?????????????????????????? 5
Introduction?????????????????????????????????????? 7
Why all the fuss about Global Labour History????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 9
The Globalization of Labour History???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 29
The Promise and Challenges of Global Labor History?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 31
Writing a Global History of Convict Labour?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 55
Rethinking Worlds of Labour. Southern African Labour History in International Context???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 96
Varieties of Work???????????????????????????????????????????????? 129
Workers in the World. Indian Seafarers, c. 1870s–1940s?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 131
Soldiering and Working: Almost the Same?. Reviewing Practices in Industry and the Military in Twentieth- Century Contexts???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 152
Work – Transformation of Objects or Interaction Between Subjects????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 175
Dynamics of Labour Relations?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 187
The Politics of Ambiguity. Conditional Manumission, Labor Contracts, and Slave Emancipation in Brazil (1850s–1888)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 189
Regulated Informality. Legal Constructions of Labour Relations in Colonial India 1814–1926?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 221
The Legal Status of Labour from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century. Russia in a Comparative European Perspective???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 245
The End of Wage Labour????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 277
Wageless Life???????????????????????????????????????? 279
The Problem with Work???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 297
Reshaping the social contract. Emerging relations between the state and informal labor in India???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 333
About authors???????????????????????????????????????? 374