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General Labour History of Africa : Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries by Stefano Bellucci; Andreas Eckert; Akua O. Britwum; Andreas Admasie; Babacar Fall; Ben Scully; Bill Freund; Carolyn Brown; Daniel Roger Maul; Deborah Fahy Bryceson; Dmitri van den Bersselaar; Franco Barchiesi; Frederick Cooper; Gareth Austin; Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani; Helena Prez-Nio; Joel Glasman; Julia Tischler; Laurent Fourchard; Leyla Dakhli; Luca Puddu; Michelle R. Moyd; Patrick Neveling; Rana Jawad; Richard L. Roberts; Rory Pilossof; Samuel A. Nyanchoga; Sara S. Berry is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is General Labour History of Africa : Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries about?
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.Co-published with the International Labour Organization on the centenary of its founding in 1919, the General Labour History of Africa is a landmark in the study of labour history. It brings, for the first time, an African perspective within a global context to the study of labour and labour relations. The volume analyses key developments in the 20th century, such as the emergence of free wage labour; the transformation in labour relations; the role of capital and employers; labour agency and movements; the growing diversity of formal and informal or precarious labour; the meaning of work; and the impact of gender and age on the workplace. The contributors - eminent historians, anthropologists and social scientists from Africa, Europe and the United States - examine African labour in the context of labour and social issues worldwide: mobility and colonial and postcolonial migration, forced labour, security, the growth of entrepreneurial labour, the informal sector and self-employment, and the impact of trade unionism, welfare and
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- Author
- Stefano Bellucci; Andreas Eckert; Akua O. Britwum; Andreas Admasie; Babacar Fall; Ben Scully; Bill Freund; Carolyn Brown; Daniel Roger Maul; Deborah Fahy Bryceson; Dmitri van den Bersselaar; Franco Barchiesi; Frederick Cooper; Gareth Austin; Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani; Helena Prez-Nio; Joel Glasman; Julia Tischler; Laurent Fourchard; Leyla Dakhli; Luca Puddu; Michelle R. Moyd; Patrick Neveling; Rana Jawad; Richard L. Roberts; Rory Pilossof; Samuel A. Nyanchoga; Sara S. Berry
- Publisher
- James Currey ; ILO Regional Office for Africa
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781787446366
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Management, Political Science